[Weasel19]

if you have the right tools it’s not hard at all and I recommend that you heat up the bushing with a hair dryer or a heat gun to soften it a bit so it will go in easy

You would have been a life saver. You're absolutely right, heat that thing up because its not easy to get it in there.

 

[Deannadianne]

You would have been a life saver. You're absolutely right, heat that thing up because its not easy to get it in there.

Needing a bushing for my shift cable at the gear shift end not trans side. online it says the part #14055 does not fit my 2013 Dodge Dart automatic. reading this thread, would it still work for mine and all you would have to do is heat it up??? I ordered the bushing off bushingfix.com and waiting but if this part number will indeed work and fix my problem then im %100 willing to try it.

 

[alpinegreenneon]

This thread was originally posted before the recall part was available and referred to the transmission end of the cable. Not sure if the Dorman part works on the shifter end. When you get the Dorman part take pics and let us know.

 

[Deannadianne]

This thread was originally posted before the recall part was available and referred to the transmission end of the cable. Not sure if the Dorman part works on the shifter end. When you get the Dorman part take pics and let us know.

 

[Deannadianne]

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SO, with this being said, it seems to me that both ends of the bushing are the same. if there was a recall on the bushing for the trans side of the cable, why not the gear shift as well since it takes the same bushing on both ends? I've already emailed about the recall to see what they say and per my dealership, the recall was completed last year im guessing on the trans side but that isn't my issue because that side is connected just fine.

 

[alpinegreenneon]

It looks like the same bushing on each end so you can buy the recall part (CSTGV341AA) online from quirk parts or one of the others mentioned. It will come with the install tool.

 

[Deannadianne]

It looks like the same bushing on each end so you can buy the recall part (CSTGV341AA) online from quirk parts or one of the others mentioned. It will come with the install tool.

that's great info, thank you! the dealership has my console ripped apart and finding out this easy fix, I told them to put my car on hold because they told me that the entire cable needed to be replaced and that end wasn't fixable like the transmission side was, and that didn't seem right to me and in doing research, I found that it was only this little piece casing my problems. $620 they want to charge me for the cable and labor. anyways, I told them to hold on, and fix this myself, I know you can manually put the trans in gear under the hood, but when tech put it in park manually when I got to dealership initially, my key fob wouldn't come out. after I left and they moved my car and tore it apart to find "the issue", my car was parked, and they had the fob out. I want to go get my car from the dealership and drive it home to fix myself and im just worried my key will be stuck in ignition again. if I fixed the bushing and reassemble everything, will it come back out? sorry for so many questions, im intrigued to learn and fix my own car and this forum is very informational but not much on the gear shift end of my shift cable that im looking for.

Also, is there step by step instructions to take apart and put back together all necessary pieces of my console to get to my gearshift?

 

[Deannadianne]

 

[jimmirehman]

I know this an old thread but I thought I would add to it for those who need the info in the future.

We had the shifter side of the cable's bushing break on us last night. We were able to put the vehicle in drive from under the hood .

( special note: Move the shifter knob down to drive, with your foot on the brake and the e-brake on. Having the shifter knob in the drive position will allow easier adjustment of the piece under the hood. When I was trying with it in Park mode the cable must have been hitting the the connection point under the shifter knob and I couldn't push the bracket beyond reverse. Pulling the shifter physically into the drive position allows the bracket to freely move from P->R->N->D.)

I ordered the part from bushingfix.com but after reading about the Dorman 14055 part, I wanted to try a local immediate fix. The Dorman part works albeit it's difficult to get in, my wife and I spent more time trying to squeeze this lil piece into the cable than we did taking the entire center console out. Luckily my eldest daughter showed up and had smaller hands than us and she was able to maneuver the part into place but using tweezers to push the lip into the cable hole.

(Special note: The Dorman part DOES NOT come with the application tool like the bushingfix.com kit so it's extremely difficult to get it in as the part collapses on itself when applying pressure to get it in the small hole. )

Edit: Also, kiss your thumbs goodbye, trying to get that bushing in with all your might destroys your thumbs

 

[alpinegreenneon]

Recall V34 Shift Cable Bushing

www.dodge-dart.org