Inland Shift Handle Bushings

[RustyRatRod]

Does anybody have an answer to the bushings that fit the Inland shifter handle that mounts to the top plate? It wouldn't bother me a bit to find some steel bushings to solidly mount the shift handle. The bushings need to be .530" OD x .3125 (5/16") ID. 1/2" OD will be plenty good, I'm sure. Anybody have a source for such?

 

[krazykuda]

Does anybody have an answer to the bushings that fit the Inland shifter handle that mounts to the top plate? It wouldn't bother me a bit to find some steel bushings to solidly mount the shift handle. The bushings need to be .530" OD x .3125 (5/16") ID. 1/2" OD will be plenty good, I'm sure. Anybody have a source for such?

The closest that I can find off the shelf is 9/16" OD, you would have to turn them down .0325" on a lathe....

McMaster-Carr

 

[6PakBee]

I think, THINK. this would work. Ford was cursed with the same crappy shifter for years.

Scott Drake 379998-S Scott Drake Shift Lever Grommets | Summit Racing

 

[Garrett Ellison]

Maybe these with a 5/16 I.D. fuel line to take up the difference.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074TZN6LF/?tag=fabo03-20

 

[Garrett Ellison]

Or these https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0099QRCDY/?tag=fabo03-20

 

[RustyRatRod]

Thanks yall. Those are some good options.

 

[Tim Nelms]

I found these bushings at company called MEGA PARTS. I have installed them and they do fit and take up the looseness in the shifter.

 

[lemondana]

Just put the bushings in and then put a thick flat washers on top, and tighten the nuts down. That makes it nice and solid. My 68 GTS has been this way since 1976, and I can slam the gears pretty hard.