DIY: W123 console shifter bushings
 

8. Remove 4 10mm bolts and the gold bracket. The gold bracket it connected to the zip tie so just cut the zip tie and remove the bracket:

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9. I don’t have a picture of this step but pull the housing up and you’ll see the rod that comes from the tranny and where it attaches to the rod that goes into the console. Tie a piece of wire to the rod and then tie the other end to the steering wheel so when you disconnect it the rod doesn’t fall on the ground. Remove the little clip and slide the console rod off the rod coming from the tranny.

10. Remove the spring clip(red arrow) and then slide the pin out and remove the U-joint(yellow arrow) and the spring:

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11. Use your snap ring pliers and remove the snap ring:

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12. Slide the plastic cover off:

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13. Slide the rod out and put the new bushings in the shifter case and put a lot of wheel bearing grease on the rod and on the bushings(inside and out). If you don’t then your shifter will squeak every time you move it. Then put your snap ring back on.
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Re-install everything and enjoy your tight shifter.

Here is a diagram of the rods. The console rod is #5, the rod going to the tranny is #92. The 2 bushings that I replaced are #17 and #14. Also notice that #10 and #11 are bushings too
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i suppose you used an illegibly small font so BC couldn't pick apart your DIY this time?

thanks
 

great write-up.

Nah, he did a great job with that one.

However, most folks need to replace the bushing at the bottom of the shifter where the transmission rod connects, It's out in the elements and it's definitely toast if not previously replaced.

nice write-up; thanks for your contribution.

thanks Brian I did my best on this one.

Does anybody have part numbers for this. My shift selector rattles pretty bad and I am guessing this may be the problem.

I listed the part #'s to the ones I replaced in the first post.

The other 2 bushings are 115 992 03 10

Brian wanna add this to the DIY articles?

I just did this, and I think it would have been a lot easier if I had removed the snap (#96 in the parts drawing) from below and pulled the entire shifter out to work on the bench. I spent more time looking for the snap ring once it popped off the snap ring pliers than I did driving the car onto ramps and crawling underneath there. It turned out I had to replace the shift rod bushing (#11), so it had to come out anyway.

Thanks for the DIY Mercy!!
Man I like your interior wood grain!! [worked hard so that that wouldn't sound bad] :eek:

you serious? Im about to refinish it.

Good write up. I'll copy and convert it to a PDF and burn to the ever growing files on a CD.

Now we need one for the manual shifter or is there one out there already?