So my 4 speed has managed to "hop" out of its linkage to my transmission now twice. I'm picking up a new bushing that goes into the socket from the local dealership tomorrow due to what looks to have been the og being worn down to next to nothing. I know I'm missing the dust boots that typically cover the assembly as well. Are these crucial to its performance or should the bushing do the trick? I'll attempt to post an image when I get off work as it appears my computer is being uncooperative now.

 

The bushing should solve your problem, but you really should get some kind of boot on there too to keep all the out of the socket area.

 

that bushing cup "might" fix your problem BUT where the linkage connects to the tranny to pivot and go into the tranny there are 2 bolts there holding the linkage on. these bolts have sleeve rubber bushings that cushion the shifter from the tranny so it is not hard mounted to the tranny ( the ball swivel mount on the shifter under the boot).
these rubber sleeves rot out and cause a very sloppy shifter. when you pull the bolts out you will find that the bolts are 1/2 thread and 1/2 larger diameter smooth shaft where the sleeves go. this makes it so that you can only tighten them so much.
the fix for this is to find some hose that will fit over the smooth shaft of the those bolts and still fit inside the holes of the linkage to hold it to the tranny. i replaced these bolts with just normal bolts and put fuel line over them and tightened them up snugly (with blue locktight).
the boot- get a bicycle tube (new) and slide it over the pivot point then assemble the linkage and use wire to close off the ends after you put some grease in there for some lube.
you should be able to see wtf i am talking about when you have it apart. good luck

 

The actual rubber boots are probably cheaper than a bike tire and wouldn't require any rigging...but if you had an old bike tire laying around anyways I guess that would be fine.

 

Yeah I think I got those Infinity. You mean the bolts that mount the bracket that holds the shifter correct? They look like they must've been replaced recently because they are in pretty good shape. All the boots are missing except for the one covering the linkage's shaft going into the tranny. That one is busted up looking though so I'll just have the guys at the yota dealership here look up a price for me. Thanks yall.

 

Not trying to steal your thread but do you have a L43? I thought they were all side mounted shifters?

 

Yeah Brick it's an L43 and it is side mounted. That's why I ran into this issue I assume. If it were later 4 speeds or the five I would think it would not have the room to slip out. I got the bushing today and popped it in and that appears to have resolved the problem. I ordered all the dust boots just to be safe though. I also replaced the washers on the two bolts that go through the mounting bracket because the ones on there were obviously not the correct size. They were WAY too big and caused a little play in the stick that certainly didn't help.

 

what bushings? the cup style one that the shifter sits in, or the bushings on the shafts that the selector slides along? i ask because mine has way too much slop in it i need to fix it. i thought you could only put the cup style ones in the top mount shifters. thanks.

 

Its a cup style bushing. Slips right over the ball joint at the end of the shifter and makes it fit super snug in the assembly. When I took my shifter out the bushing that had been there was so worn out it didn't even look like I had one at first. If you go to a Toyota dealership its part # is 33548-30010. When I went, I had them print the corresponding diagrams as well so I would have all the part numbers right in front of me so I could see if I was missing anything else. On the diagram it was 33548 but on the invoice it had the extended number. Let me know if that helps.