If your 5 speed shift handle is loose or wobbly there is a good chance the bushings or spring are worn. Damaged bushings can make it difficult it shift into gear. This video covers the disassembly of the shift lever, inspection of parts and replacing the bushings on 1989-1998 Suzuki – Sidekick and Geo Tracker. A cheap and easy fix that will bring easy shifting to your transmission!
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Great video, was just thinking about getting my shifter tightened up. Thanks for this
Nice one Tony.. Now i can DIY replace seat case and bush gear of my suzuki vitara jlx plus… thank you so much for sharing this video. god bless and keep safe…
I assumed that the difficulty of the task was shown by the number of beers in the opening shot. This one has five 30 packs! But it was actually pretty easy, I'd give it a two beers (plus one for the road–just cuz)
Sweet video.
Need help with my automatic transmission no reverse and some gears don’t work, is better/easier to rebuild or replace with a used?
Hi … I have a 1997 Suzuki sidekick jlx 1.8 … and recently when I press the clutch I can shift … do you know if it needs oil? …
thanks for this have a jimny 99 with similar transmission and already done so much work to try and fix this, glad it's possibly this simple 🙂 thanks
The spring on the shifter of my 97 Tracker broke. I drove it like that with a sloppy shifter for a little while until it stopped shifting into 1st, 3rd, and 5th. I replaced the spring on the shifter, so it’s no longer loose, but it still only shifts into 2nd, 4th, and R. I have been having a hard diagnosing this online. Does it sound like an issue with the shift linkage? A bushing? A cable? Pls help
Fantastic, thank you so much!
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Do you have a link for this part
I need a geo tracker transmission 3erd lower shifter boot??
Yo yo yo 2.0!
I just got done dropping a different motor in my 1994 geo tracker. The motor is a G16a , i have pretty much everything ready to fire it up except when i went to install the front spark plug either i fucked the threads up or they were that way, but i need to know the thread size so i can buy a tap for it.
I just got a tracker and the shifter feels super loose like when I tried to unscrew the knob the whole shaft turned. Haven’t had it far enough apart yet to check everything
I've used the 2 brass bushings from ZOR and they're light years above the plastic and I would never buy anything else. Shifts are tight all the time and you never have to worry about them.
Put a sticker on my hard hat.The 2wd trans I put in the Streetmobile is super sloppy.I have bushings coming.Still waiting for the header so I can redo the exhaust then I will be back to daily driving a samurai again!
You are a godsend in helping me fix up my 96 x90. Keep it up brother
Since I bought a geo tracker a few days ago, this is definitely one of my new favorite channels