M5OD Shifter Bushing 88 Ranger

[Marky48170]

I just put in new shifter bushing, when it was apart there was nothing there but the 2 washers? Now are the bushings suppose to take up the slop from worn metal to metal contact? Or are they just missing?

Also great site, learned alot while I had the shifter apart I replaced the tranny fluid with ATF and now it shifts nice. And tight, the shifter has no more play, like new.

Thanks again for the info.

 

[adsm08]

Your bushings were just missing.

 

[AllanD]

I'd be worried about where the missing bushings went....

they tend to get chewed up by the gears and wind up in the few critical tiny oil passages where you really don't want them....

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[The_Dealer]

i'd change the fluid every 500-1000 miles and strain the old to see if theres any chunks. it takes like what 2.9 qts? get the cheap stuff and see what u got going on inside, at least get the bulk of it out, and maybe the smaller pieces will get ground up enough to not mess anything up

heres some pics and stuff of how the bushings go
http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/winter2007/shifterbushings.htm

 

[4x4junkie]

I took apart the 2.9L 4WD M5OD I put in my BII before installing it (checking the clearances, shaft end-play, etc.). I did find chunks from a set of shifter bushings that had disintegrated in it. Though I didn't find any issues from it being starved of lube, it certainly looked like there was the potential for it. The pieces were lodged within the baffles that direct fluid into the bearings, and no amount of flushing or fluid changes would've removed them.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

heres some pics and stuff of how the bushings go
http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/winter2007/shifterbushings.htm

I checked out the link, does anyone know what tranny/s that applies to?

Richard

 

[4x4junkie]

i checked out the link, does anyone know what tranny/s that applies to?

Richard

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