Alternative to Crappy Manual Shifter Bushings

[pwuser162557941033]

I'm looking for a robust alternative to the rubbish rubber/plastic shifter bushings on my Suzuki Jimny. It felt solid and gear shifts were enjoyable for all of three days before the gear lever started feeling wobbly and unstable and the gating basically disappeared.

This is the second set of cheap POS OEM Suzuki bushings I've gone through. Does anyone have any recommendations for a good quality one that will last? Or options for fabricating some good pieces out of a stronger material?

[brownrose78]

@capsat
Is there any place in Karachi who made customized bushing now?
24-25 years ago, I saw someone at People's Chowrangi near Cafe Piyala who used to make such works but perhaps he went abroad.

There was also mechanic cum Denter painter all in one named Saeed (returned from Kuwait before gulf war) and his brothers who used to make such bushing plus bike rubber breaks locally, they used to live and work at Nazimabad near Abbasi Shaheed Hospital after Railway phattak (Local train Used to operate there) but their fabrication workshop were somewhere else

[pwuser162557941033]

Thanks for the insight. If a place like that exists today, I'd appreciate someone pointing me in that direction.

[brownrose78]

Nowadays, work sincere, hard working and mindful person are rare to find. Instead YouTube videos learner, online learners, swap specialist used to exist which have sole intention of replacement instead of doing hard work for Repairing or fixing.

[pwuser162557941033]

@Xulfiqar Do you think we have materials such as Delrin available locally? Perhaps I could find and have someone fabricate bushings for me.

[Xulfiqar]

They were available in Karachi sindh madressa market.

[pwuser162557941033]

Solution:

Purchased a polyurethane bushing meant for the Suzuki Samurai, fits the JA11 Jimny Type 2 manual transmission perfectly.

Search for "Suzuki Samurai Shifter Bushing Kit for Transmission & Transfer Case 86-95" on Aliexpress.

Cost me about Rs. 6k in April 2023, still working as of November 2023.