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Old Aug 30, 2023 | 11:48 PM
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Need to replace all the bushings in my gear linkage as my gearstick flop is unbearable now! I have a 1993 GC8 (pre-facelift), but all the bushing kits etc online all seem to be for later model GC8s... anyone know if I can just use all the same bushings?

Pics attached are all of my gear linkage.

Wanted to buy a kit like this but says 96 onwards only, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283780178...7Nh1Uc8GAAAAAA

This one says it'll fit my car but it doesn't have a replacement universal joint just the bushing for it and I don't really want that. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283780088...8aAmu9EALw_wcB

Surely they should be all interchangeable??


rear bushing

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Old Aug 31, 2023 | 08:40 AM
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in general its the UJ bushings at issue (despite what some so called 'specialists' claim??)
the factory ones are made from a very light poly material and simply degrade over time

we tend to make / supply nylon kits albeit with the the early cars there are a few variations size wise so you would need to measure the UJ bushes required
later kits are NOT suitable as the component parts do not interchange
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Old Aug 31, 2023 | 10:56 AM
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Ah okay, understood. My other concern is that someone historically has already converted my 92-94 gear linkage system to the later 90s one as the UJ looks the same? Do you reckon it's still the original based upon the photos?

Where am I able to purchase the parts required from you guys??
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Old Aug 31, 2023 | 10:58 AM
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Should have noted that my GC8 is a JDM import...
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Old Aug 31, 2023 | 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Dilemma30
Should have noted that my GC8 is a JDM import...
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