Shifter Movement
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Shifter Movement I have a 1998 Trans Am M6 all stock except exhaust. Has about 107k on her.
Awhile back my trans mount went out I replaced that. I noticed a lot of wheelhop and movement in the shifter so I replaced my torque arm bushing and sure enough it was split pretty good too.
Well I just finished replacing the bushing today and when I took her for a drive I noticed tremendous gains in the wheelhop department (good gains) but the shifter is still moving. This does not look natural to me. Its mostly when I hit bumps and at highway speeds cruising it moves. It just wiggles back and forth. Movement is probably 2-4cm, not a whole lot but seems like it should be less.
Under hard takeoffs the shifter moves to the right while in gear and sticks there until I let off, second it moves farther than first but still to the right (towards passenger seat) and sticks until I let off.
My video camera is MIA right now so I cannot really film it and i'm not sure how to take a picture to show the movement.
Any ideas? Or am I just being a little paranoid and this sounds normal? I know theres suppose to be a little movement in the shifter but.....
Thanks for any input
Awhile back my trans mount went out I replaced that. I noticed a lot of wheelhop and movement in the shifter so I replaced my torque arm bushing and sure enough it was split pretty good too.
Well I just finished replacing the bushing today and when I took her for a drive I noticed tremendous gains in the wheelhop department (good gains) but the shifter is still moving. This does not look natural to me. Its mostly when I hit bumps and at highway speeds cruising it moves. It just wiggles back and forth. Movement is probably 2-4cm, not a whole lot but seems like it should be less.
Under hard takeoffs the shifter moves to the right while in gear and sticks there until I let off, second it moves farther than first but still to the right (towards passenger seat) and sticks until I let off.
My video camera is MIA right now so I cannot really film it and i'm not sure how to take a picture to show the movement.
Any ideas? Or am I just being a little paranoid and this sounds normal? I know theres suppose to be a little movement in the shifter but.....
Thanks for any input
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That makes alot of sense that its the motor mounts, I havent had a chance to look at them, but I've been wanting polys or solids anyways.
Seems like a PITA to do yourself, any idea how many labor hours are charged for a shop to do both mounts?
Seems like a PITA to do yourself, any idea how many labor hours are charged for a shop to do both mounts?
yup sounds like poly or solid motor mounts are needed. 3-4 hours?
edit: 3.1 for both by the book but when going to poly there is extra grinding/cutting that has to be done to the shell
edit: 3.1 for both by the book but when going to poly there is extra grinding/cutting that has to be done to the shell
