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Originally Posted by buckwam
Is replacing the stock plastic bushings with these aluminum pieces an easy process if one was already going to swap in a short throw shifter?
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If you are already going to do the GM short throw then yes it's extremely easy. The new GM Performance short throw usually comes with the whole assembly and you can just pop out the factory rubber ones and insert the metal. If you want to be really thrifty then you can wait until the factory wears down around 25k miles and then do it later. If you are only getting a short throw because of the worn out bushings, then I recommend to do the metal replacements first and see if that makes you like your drive again. It will save you a ton of money and time and it provides better mechanical feel than the stock ones. If you then still want to get GM short throw, then the metal bushings are still good to be used in it whenever you want
If you buy the Hurst short throw then it doesn't come with the linkage or bushings. Hurst short throw will not fix a floppy shifter and actually you probably won't even be able to get into reverse after installing the Hurst with the old factory worn bushings. This is because there's no leverage to move the transmission gear selector block over to reverse when the bushings are gone. There's nothing to "push" it over there.