82toyotamike

my stick on my 82 works fine but when in gear it spins in circles.... Does any one know why?

BrutalIntegrity

if you are talking about the actual stick shifter you may have a broken shift tab on the end the sticks into the trans...other than that not sure...unless the shift knob is broken.

maistroyoda

Maybe it's an 82 thing...I have the same issue on mine too but not on my 83. It's all wobbly when in gear but still works fine. Curious to hear what the gurus say.

BoredOutnJackdUp

The tranny is probably getting wore out.
and your tranny mounts might be getting soft. does the tcase do it too?

maistroyoda

I feel more inclined to say it has something to do with where the stick shifter connects to the transmission rather than the transmission itself since the transmission shifts and works good.

BoredOutnJackdUp

Mine is working fine. the tranny mounts are a little soft therefore making
the tranny bounce around and make its feels a little wiggly.
i could be totally off.

ChefYota4x4

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Sweet Rig, Maistro!

eightduceyota

There are some plastic cups in the top of the transmission that you can get to by pulling the shifter out that need to be replaced mine did the same thing. replaced them and it stopped the sloppy shifter syndrome.

82toyotamike

It is not my shifter because i just bought a new one yesterday!!

ChefYota4x4

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YEP! BINGO, my buddy just said. He was reading yours, 82, but couldn't sign in for some reason... So he reminded me that He JUST replaced those while we were in the Shop he's working on it in..... that's an 87, but I believe those plastic things are still in yours. He put new ones in(had to get em at dealer) and now???? ''TOIGHT LIKE A TOIGER!" lol.

Hope that's the ticket for ya!

Mark

camo31_10.50

you can get em from Marlin Crawler.

Shifter Bushings.

year specific too, better than dealerships stuff

4Crawler

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Could be the pins inside the shifter base have sheared off:

ChefYota4x4

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THANKS, Camo! That's great to know. I wanna have a set in the 'extras box', if you know what I mean?

4banginRunner

Marlin Shifter Bushing are a godsend...
I've put them in every Toyota manual transmission I've ever had, world of difference and gets rid of the "spinny shifter"

http://www.marlincrawler.com/transmi...ver-ball-seats

http://www.marlincrawler.com/transmi...t-lever-socket

maistroyoda

Thanks! Which one?

4banginRunner

Get both and be done.

Seats are color coded by transmission year/type

82toyotamike

just orderd my shifter bushings hope it works on my stck

82toyotamike

does anyone have any pic on how to put shifter bushing on? or can tell me how?

4banginRunner

http://www.marlincrawler.com/tech/gu...t-installation

truckman1966

Are you talking about the shifter actually rotating or are you describing the classic "stir the pot" while in gear, as my dad calls it?