drmini in aust wrote:
I find it's usually the split top bush (under the spring) that causes the rattle. When the bush wears against the ball, it moves down, hits the housing and then the spring can't hold it tight.
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What Drmini says is absolutely correct.
However In my experience a new top split bush is usually not enough to eliminate the rattle completely.
The large ball on the shifter also wears the Ball seat in the housing allowing the whole shifter to drop further into the housing creating excessive clearance that a new split ring (bush) will not take up.
The aim is to have the split ring contact the ball before it contacts the top of the shifter housing.
This will allow the Split ring and spring to do its job which is to hold the large ball hard into its seat in the housing.
The solution is to Machine or File 0,75 to 1.00 mm from the top of the Shifter housing.
(the face with the two taped holes in it)
With a good sharp file and some care this can be done quiet easily.
Be sure to keep the face square and level
You will have to remove the Shifter housing from the car to do this job
Hope this helps,
Dave.
