Shifter rod Success Story
 

For anyone who drives a noisy, vibrating, obnoxious-sounding, gear
shift-grinding Beetle, this story may change your life.

Having replaced nearly every engine-related component in my bug, I was still
driving a car that drove me crazy. The noise made by the shifter was
annoying at all times and nearly unbearable at highway speeds. I finally
decided on Friday that I'd had enough and changed the bushing.

Pulling the rod was exactly like the instructions set forth at:
http://huelsmann.us/bugman/ShifterTech.html. My thanks to Eric Huelsmann for
this very helpful treatise on the subject.

Getting the bushing in was challengeing, but acheivable. I highly recommend
using the circle clip that was part of the original installation, because it
greatly helps to keep the neoprene bushing in the rod bracket while you
replace the shift rod.

Anyway, after the project was complete and the stick shifter reinstalled, I
took the car out and WOW! a new VW wouldn't drive any better. Shifting is
buttry smooth. The vibrations and rattles are gone. I can actually hear my
new engine purring. This one little project to replace a $1 part caused the
whole engine replacement/restoration to finally come together.

The reason for the amazing transformation is that the shifter rod rests in a
round metal bracket just behind (toward rear of car) where the shifter
couples to the rod. An old, brittle or missing bushing causes the vibration
and noise from the engine and transmission, the road, etc. to be transferred
into the shifter rod, which I belive is a hollow steel extrusion. The result
is noise just beyond the threshold of psychic pain.

Heading out onto the road...

Randall Brink

congrats... that simple little piece can be a bear to replace....not the one
in the back but the one just behind the shifter.

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dragenwagen
1966 Type I - Daily Driver
1969 Type I - Undergoing heater channel replacement
http://www.ramva.org/dragenwagen
"Old VW's Don't Leak Oil, They Mark Their Territory."
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"Randall Brink" > wrote in message
...
> For anyone who drives a noisy, vibrating, obnoxious-sounding, gear
> shift-grinding Beetle, this story may change your life.
>
> Having replaced nearly every engine-related component in my bug, I was
still
> driving a car that drove me crazy. The noise made by the shifter was
> annoying at all times and nearly unbearable at highway speeds. I finally
> decided on Friday that I'd had enough and changed the bushing.
>
> Pulling the rod was exactly like the instructions set forth at:
> http://huelsmann.us/bugman/ShifterTech.html. My thanks to Eric Huelsmann
for
> this very helpful treatise on the subject.
>
> Getting the bushing in was challengeing, but acheivable. I highly
recommend
> using the circle clip that was part of the original installation, because
it
> greatly helps to keep the neoprene bushing in the rod bracket while you
> replace the shift rod.
>
> Anyway, after the project was complete and the stick shifter reinstalled,
I
> took the car out and WOW! a new VW wouldn't drive any better. Shifting is
> buttry smooth. The vibrations and rattles are gone. I can actually hear my
> new engine purring. This one little project to replace a $1 part caused
the
> whole engine replacement/restoration to finally come together.
>
> The reason for the amazing transformation is that the shifter rod rests in
a
> round metal bracket just behind (toward rear of car) where the shifter
> couples to the rod. An old, brittle or missing bushing causes the
vibration
> and noise from the engine and transmission, the road, etc. to be
transferred
> into the shifter rod, which I belive is a hollow steel extrusion. The
result
> is noise just beyond the threshold of psychic pain.
>
> Heading out onto the road...
>
> Randall Brink
>
>
>

The rod bushing is a nigglesome job alright. But you are doing a heater
channel replacement. That would have to be the toughest job in a
restoration. Most people give up short of that!

Randall Brink

"dragenwagen" > wrote in message
...
> congrats... that simple little piece can be a bear to replace....not the
> one
> in the back but the one just behind the shifter.
>
> --
> ************************************************** **************
> dragenwagen
> 1966 Type I - Daily Driver
> 1969 Type I - Undergoing heater channel replacement
> http://www.ramva.org/dragenwagen
> "Old VW's Don't Leak Oil, They Mark Their Territory."
> ************************************************** **************
>
> "Randall Brink" > wrote in message
> ...
>> For anyone who drives a noisy, vibrating, obnoxious-sounding, gear
>> shift-grinding Beetle, this story may change your life.
>>
>> Having replaced nearly every engine-related component in my bug, I was
> still
>> driving a car that drove me crazy. The noise made by the shifter was
>> annoying at all times and nearly unbearable at highway speeds. I finally
>> decided on Friday that I'd had enough and changed the bushing.
>>
>> Pulling the rod was exactly like the instructions set forth at:
>> http://huelsmann.us/bugman/ShifterTech.html. My thanks to Eric Huelsmann
> for
>> this very helpful treatise on the subject.
>>
>> Getting the bushing in was challengeing, but acheivable. I highly
> recommend
>> using the circle clip that was part of the original installation, because
> it
>> greatly helps to keep the neoprene bushing in the rod bracket while you
>> replace the shift rod.
>>
>> Anyway, after the project was complete and the stick shifter reinstalled,
> I
>> took the car out and WOW! a new VW wouldn't drive any better. Shifting is
>> buttry smooth. The vibrations and rattles are gone. I can actually hear
>> my
>> new engine purring. This one little project to replace a $1 part caused
> the
>> whole engine replacement/restoration to finally come together.
>>
>> The reason for the amazing transformation is that the shifter rod rests
>> in
> a
>> round metal bracket just behind (toward rear of car) where the shifter
>> couples to the rod. An old, brittle or missing bushing causes the
> vibration
>> and noise from the engine and transmission, the road, etc. to be
> transferred
>> into the shifter rod, which I belive is a hollow steel extrusion. The
> result
>> is noise just beyond the threshold of psychic pain.
>>
>> Heading out onto the road...
>>
>> Randall Brink
>>
>>
>>
>
>

I also replace shifter bushing last year and it is a big difference on the noise.

Now I'm rebuilding the engine and I can not sleep thinking on it. First post I putted
here was 2 years ago.
I do hope it will ready next Friday. I can almost wait for it.
New 1600 pistons and cylinders
New CAM
New Oil Pump
Replace the manifold and the carb to a 34Pict 3


Joao
72 Super 1302

Joao

72 Super 1302