98 S70 N/A M56 Manual stainless steel shifter bushing replacement

Post by **FLXC90** » 13 Jul 2017, 21:16

Of course Robert did his differently, and made a video. During his manual conversion, he rehabbed cables with skateboard bearings. Low cost, low friction, precise actuation.

Post by **850 LPT** » 14 Jul 2017, 09:22

I ordered the SS ones from Snabb and took the dimensions off of one, so for anyone who has access to a lathe:

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Cookeh · Post by **Cookeh** » 29 Jan 2019, 08:42

I am looking to do this on my 850 T5 with the same gearbox, as I have a fair bit of slop. I also have a rattle during load in 4th, where the gearstick vibrates sounds like its hitting the assembly somewhere so I'm hoping this will fix that too.

I read somewhere (I believe on Volvospeed) that these bushing are the same as those on the Mk1 and 2 MR2s - is this correct? I can't seem to source any Volvo-specific ones here in the UK and shipping from the US is criminal. I have seen Robert's very useful video too, if I were to go down that route would I be looking for bearings with the same size as helpfully pictured above?

TIA.

Post by **tryingbe** » 30 Jan 2019, 10:21

Cookeh wrote: 29 Jan 2019, 08:42 I am looking to do this on my 850 T5 with the same gearbox, as I have a fair bit of slop. I also have a rattle during load in 4th, where the gearstick vibrates sounds like its hitting the assembly somewhere so I'm hoping this will fix that too.

I read somewhere (I believe on Volvospeed) that these bushing are the same as those on the Mk1 and 2 MR2s - is this correct? I can't seem to source any Volvo-specific ones here in the UK and shipping from the US is criminal. I have seen Robert's very useful video too, if I were to go down that route would I be looking for bearings with the same size as helpfully pictured above?

TIA.

Use this as a temporary method to see if it solves your issues first before spending the big $$$.

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