89' Toyota 5-speed pops out of gear

do a google search on the following:

Bushing, Shift Lever 33548-31010 Seat, Shift Lever 33505-35020

I have a '92 toyota 4 cylinder 5 speed manual. took about 30 minutes to do.

j.

Shiftless wrote:

Thank you, J! This is very much appreciated.

Here's a full writeup on the repair:

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Great! That'll help. Now I know what I'm getting into :) Thanks much.

Great tip! Takes little time and makes a world of difference (89 Toy @ 390K)

"Shiftless" wrote in news:Ffayb.71809$ snipped-for-privacy@twister.austin.rr.com:

Is it popping out of gear or is the stick sloppy? Popping out of gear would indicate a serious tranny problem.

-Dan

My truck was popping out of gear for about 1 month then it went away. One of the guys at work thinks my throw out bearing went bad. I am just looking for the time to go in and complete the repair and investigate further.

Tony

well i had the popping out of gear in 3rd and 4th and used the method pointed to in this thread to replace the bushings, and it fixed everything.

mike

I too had the bushing replaced and fixed the same issue.

Another vote for the bushing replacement route. $15 in parts and a couple of hours. Hardest part was getting the rubber shift boot out from under the carpet. Also, the assembly comes apart by pushing down and twisting the slotted nut 90 degrees.

FWIW, tranny shop wanted $450 to drop tranny and look at it. They never once suggested just looking at the bushings.