VW Shaft Bushing repair and performance bushing installation by Dieselgeek

Tyler talks about the quick and easy way to repair VW shifter shaft bushing failure with Dieselgeek replacement Solid Stick VW Shifter SHAFT Bushing Kit. Sticky reverse lockout, excessive slop in the shifter box, and a spongy shifter are all symptoms of failed shaft bushings.
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This bushing kit fits the following cars:
2000-2020 VW Golf, GTI, R32, Rabbit and Golf R
2000-2020 VW Jetta, GLI or Bora
2000-2010 VW New Beetle (All)
2012-2019 VW Beetle
2005-2020 VW Passat B6, B7 and B8
1999-2006 VW Lupo
1995-2020 VW Polo
1996-2020 VW Caddy
2001-2020 VW Sharan
2003-2020 VW Touran
2003-2010 VW Touareg
2006-2015 VW Eos
2002-2007 VW Phaeton
2011-2020 Audi A1
2000-2005 Audi A2
1999-2020 Audi A3 and S3
2012-2020 Audi Q3
2005-2020 Audi TT, TTS and TTRS (8J0 and newer)
2001-2020 Seat Alhambra
1997-2004 Seat Arosa
2004-2015 Seat Altea
2000-2009 Seat Cordoba
1999-2020 Seat Ibiza
2000-2016 Seat Leon and Cupra R
1999-2020 Seat Toledo
1997-2020 Skoda Octavia
2000-2014 Skoda Fabia and Fabia RS
2000-2006 Ford Galaxy TDI

[@passat4862]

I finally got my car back together. All seems good. I had shity luck from the start but happy now! Thanks. Rick from MA Mk6 gli

[@Costya-mz2im]

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[@wvlfkvnt]

There is a rubber or plastic grommet that deformed at the base of my stick shifter, and it would not allow the shift to come back up. I could have shaved it down but I opted for a new shifter along with your kit. Shits solid now. I just uploaded my video a few minutes ago.

[@dieselgeekdotcom]

Sounds like you're talking about the old bushing. Ours replaced that to restore functionality without resorting to a bunch of new parts. And the material is significantly more rigid than stock for a better feel and a forever fix

[@vagrant7512]

I put these in my car and I’m glad I did. They didn’t fix my sticky reverse lockout issue, though. I suppose this is the best place to ask what else could be causing this, since you guys are doing such a good job with aftermarket support for these transmissions. For some more context, I’m thinking the front-to-back cable end bushing is badly worn, since there’s a lot of play in the shifter in that direction, and that play was still present in that cable when I had the transmission locked in place during a recent short shifter install. I haven’t taken the whole center console out and looked at the bushing to confirm, though. (I’m not sure that the front-to-back has anything to do with the reverse lockout to begin with, but it being worn surely wouldn’t help.)

[@dieselgeekdotcom]

You can't adjust a shifter with a bunch of slop any better than you can align a vehicle with a worn out suspension. Stick not wanting to shift out of reverse can be either slop in front to back OR side to side bushing OR both causing what amounts to a bad adjustment. Fix the slop & reassess.