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Originally Posted by dpevans
I would guess the reason they have made these bushing out of rubber is to isolate as much feel as possible. I would go with a brass bushing and feel the power in your RH like the days of old. Old shifters didn't have rubber bushing. You could have any decent machine shop make those for you.
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They are metal bushings wrapped in a hardened plastic/rubber compound to reduce NVH. That compound cracks and rips over a short time. It's also flared out on the inners that connect to the tranny. I found some full nylon spacers on grainger I am picking up tomorrow to see if it will be a reasonable replacement. They're kind of like this:
https://www.accu.co.uk/857-cylindric...29=15mm&page=1
I am skeptical on brass because it might be harder than the fork hole material and wear/stretch it out over time. Haven't been to the machinist yet to get their opinion on a proper metal to use. I think Gen6cyl mentioned an alloy, and that's probably the way I'd go. Will take me a couple weeks to sort this all out and will report back if I have any good news.