00:00Fix gear shift cable slop with these grommet kits, full script below.
00:04If your shifter feels like stirring a spoon in a bucket of soup, you're in the right place.
00:09That sloppy, vague, which gear am I actually in, feeling almost always comes down to one thing,
00:14a worn-out rubber bushing at the end of your shift cable.
00:18It's a $5 part that makes a $500 difference, and today I'm walking you through five grommet
00:23kits that fix exactly that, from cheap to slightly less cheap. All of them are genuinely
00:28affordable, all of them have thousands of buyers behind them, so let's get into it.
00:33First up, the Suzuki Swift kit, and honestly, this one's almost funny at $3.31.
00:40You get five bushes and five C-clips, so you've got spares for the next decade or the next three
00:44cars, whichever comes first. Nearly 5,000 sold and a perfect 5-star rating means people aren't
00:51just buying it, they're happy they did. If you own a Swift and your lever feels loose,
00:56there is no reason to overthink this one. Grab the kit, keep the spares in the glove box,
01:01and thank yourself later. Next, the Vauxhall Astra H kit, and this is the one I'd point
01:07most people toward if they're chasing that classic Astra sloppiness. It comes as two or four pieces
01:12depending on what you pick, so you can grab just the bushing or the full linkage setup,
01:16and at $4.85 it's barely a coffee. Almost 5,000 sold, five-star average, and it's the exact fix
01:24for
01:24that automatic selector that doesn't quite click into place like it used to. Small part,
01:29big improvement, kind of a no-brainer. Third is the Nissan Qashqai J10 kit,
01:34five pivot bushings plus clips for $4.25. This one also fits the Qashqai Plus too,
01:41so if you've got the longer version, you're covered. Slightly lower rating at 4.3, but with over
01:474,000 sold, and let's be honest, half of those lower reviews are probably people who bought it
01:51for the wrong car. Check your fitment, and if it matches, this kit does the job for less than a
01:57sandwich. Number 4 is the Ford kit, and this one's a bit of a sleeper because it covers both the
02:03Focus
02:03and the F-150. Same automatic shift cable bushing, same linkage end grommet, $4.83, perfect five-star
02:11rating, over 4,000 sold. That's a lot of trucks and hatchbacks quietly shifting properly again.
02:18If your Ford's lever has that mushy dead zone before it engages, this is the part that fixes
02:22it, and you don't need a lift or a mechanic to install it. That's the rundown. All five links
02:29are in the description below, so check fitment for your car before you buy, because these are cheap
02:33but not universal. If this saved you a trip to the mechanic, hit that like button and subscribe
02:39for more quick, honest parts reviews. See you in the next one.
