I cut one of the bushings at what would be the bottom, snapped it over the shift tube and pushed it into place.
By looking at it, I could see that the column would have to come out to do the job properly. I have a '64 Bird and when I was getting it ready for the road in 1991, I found I had a bad bushing. John, I wanted to let you know about my experience with steering column bushings and see what you thought.
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(If you do not have one, refer to the pictures on this site or you can order a shop manual by sending me an email). If you have a shop manual you can refer to that. In order to replace the bushing you need to remove the steering column from the car and disassembled. If the shift lever fix doesn't solve most of your troubles then it is time to open the hood and find the shif tube and check to see if the bushing is bad. The lever will not register correctly as to what gear you are in and you will also have trouble getting the car into park and low. If this is bad or gone you will have trouble trying to shift your car. One is the Nylon bushing at the lower end of the shift tube. There are a couple items in your steering column that can cause trouble. Put the lever back in and your problem should be nearly all solved. Take this to a welding shop and have them weld it up and grind it down so that it matches the rest of the area near it. You will see that there is a one eighth inch notch worn into the flat part of the lever. You can repair this easily by pounding out the roll pin that holds the shift lever into the collar on the steering column and pulling out the shift lever. If you are having trouble keeping your shift lever in the proper postion and it won't stay in park, the problem, more than likely is that the shift lever itself has a notch worn into it down on the end inside the steering column. Rebuilding the seat foam in the 1958-60 Birdsħ7-79 Strut rod bushing washer installation Headliner Replacement in Town Landau and Town Coupeįoamy Steering Fluid / Growling Noise / Air in System Shift Lever Fix-It for all Thunderbirds from '58 thru 1966
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