poisonousbeef

I just put a B&M short shifter in my EK and I used the Energy bushings but I get a lot of vibration noise from the shifter when I'm just cruising. Everything looks tight underneath so I can't figure out what the problem is. Anyone else have this experience?

Beef

BlueIntegraBoy

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Vibration is due to the bushings.

poisonousbeef

Ok yeah I was under that assumption at this point, hence the title of the thread, but my question is whether or not anyone knows how to resolve it.

BlueIntegraBoy

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Switch back to OEM bushings. The ES ones are stiffer, hence less play = more vibration.

MonkeyBoy668

Hrm. I have poly bushings in my shifter and don't have any noise.

Well, not anymore. When my **** comes loose, it's noisy. When I had a **** that didn't come with a rubber/pvc boot to fit over the end of the shifter, it was noisy. But for the moment - it's not noisy. Vibrates like a mother, but no noise.

You could check to see if the noise is coming from your **** by removing it temporarily. If the noise is coming from the joints in the shift linkage, you could try tightening them up. If it's coming from the OEM boot (there's a plastic ring up top that rests against the widening width of the shifter), you could replace it with one that mates up to the shift ****.

It's definitely going to vibrate, but if everything's tight then there shouldn't be any noise. The trick is figuring out what's loose & vibrating.