Vehicle transmission shift shaft bushing assembly
AssigneeSonnax Transmission Company
InventorDylan Sebastian LaLone
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Abstract
A method for assembling a vehicle transmission shift shaft assembly with a shift shaft having a first diameter, a shift lever fixedly mounted to an end thereof, and a step defining a second diameter smaller than the first diameter along a length thereof. The method includes positioning a seal on the shift shaft to abut the shift lever, and positioning a spacer on the shift shaft to abut the seal. The method further includes positioning a bushing over the spacer, and positioning a retainer clip on the shift shaft adjacent to the step so as to retain the bushing over the spacer.
Claims20
A method of replacing an original equipment (OE) bushing on a vehicle transmission shift shaft, the shift shaft having a first diameter, a shift lever fixedly mounted to an end thereof, and a step defining a second diameter smaller than the first diameter along a length thereof, the method comprising:
- positioning a seal on the shift shaft abutting the shift lever;
- positioning a spacer on the shift shaft inboard of the seal;
- and
- positioning a bushing on the shift shaft over the spacer and the seal compressing the seal axially and radially against the shaft and the shift lever.
A method for assembling a vehicle transmission shift shaft assembly with a shift shaft having a first diameter, a shift lever fixedly mounted to an end thereof, and a step defining a second diameter smaller than the first diameter along a length thereof, the method comprising:
- positioning a seal on the shift shaft to abut the shift lever;
- positioning a spacer on the shift shaft to abut the seal;
- positioning a bushing over the spacer;
- and
- positioning a retainer clip on the shift shaft adjacent to the step so as to retain the bushing over the spacer.
A method for assembling a vehicle transmission shift shaft assembly with a shift shaft having a first diameter, a shift lever fixedly mounted to an end thereof, and a step defining a second diameter smaller than the first diameter along a length thereof, the method comprising:
- positioning a seal on the shift shaft to abut the shift lever;
- positioning a spacer on the shift shaft to abut the seal;
- and
- positioning a bushing on the shift shaft over the spacer and such that the bushing compresses the seal radially against the shift shaft and axially against the shift lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.