mcguirjf 0 Posted December 7, 2007 Greetings, I recently purchased my first garden tractor, a Simplicity 6218. I know its not exactly new, circa 1982? It came with all the accessories available, rototiller, snow thrower, seeder, bagger, roller for $300. It needed the card cleaned, battery, shifter rod replaced, and new transmission input shaft. Right now I'm putting the transmission together and have hit a snag. I can't get the new shifter rod into the transmission case. The shifter rod uses a split pressed in bushing. Does anyone know how to install this thing. My local dealer suggested freezing. Please let me know how to do this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcguirjf 0 Posted December 13, 2007 I gave up and reused the old bushings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites