02A Shift Cable End Bushing Set for 1989 - 1999 MK3 and MK4 cars

I bought all (3) Shift Bushing Kits and the plastic cable holder bracket as recommended and installed all components to my 23 years old Jetta TDI and the shifter feels solid with crisp and direct shifts and no slop at all I definitely recommend to buy from Diesel Geek don’t waste your time and money with the competition !!!!

Several years ago I installed a refurb kit from another manufacturer that had stock type pieces. While it helped a lot I still had slop in the shifter. Recently installed all of the pieces DG has for the O2A trans and shifter (pieces mentioned at the beginning were still in good shape) and now there is little to no slack in the system. I personally feel this is better then when the car was new!! Now my Neuspeed short shifter can work as designed!!!

I obviously understood worn out bushings could cause slop in the shifting mechanism, but after replacing just the transmission side bushings (shifter side coming soon), I was amazed by how much improvement in shifter stiffness and control resulted from these bushings! I bought all 4 kits DG provides for the O2A, and am excited to complete the refresh on my shifter. Excellent quality product!

Having purchased the now discontinued 02A short shifter kit many moons ago and the degradation of the reverse lockout bushing hastening a rebuild, I contacted Jim to find out what I needed for the refresh. Awesome stuff! After installation my Corrado honestly feels very much like my B6 S4. There is now zero slop. ZERO! Makes you wonder how these things were shifting with all that mushy stuff in there! We are lucky to have a company like Diesel geek making stuff for our cars!!! Highly recommend!

Slowly replacing all of the pieces in the shifter mechanism, and after swapping out the cabin side bushings (unfortunately I went with an oem kit, not the dieselgeek, which was a mistake, the bushings, although tighter, still have some play) This has made the biggest difference in my shifter slop. While the shifter before had a movement of 1-2 inches WHILE IN GEAR, these pieces have reduced the movement to .3-.5 inches. Once the slider on the transmission is replaced, it will be ready to move on for another 150,000 miles!

My one gripe is the side to side shifter bushing on the transmission side of the cable was ever so slightly too big to fit in (i could not even get it in clamping with a pair of pliers) after slightly sanding the front bezel with some 1000 grit sandpaper, it popped in.

Thanks Dieselgeek!