2011 tahoe gear selector broke??

harbison · Sep 26, 2017

Mine did the same thing. The shifter bushing is not sold separately. You have to buy that half of the shifter cable. The part that breaks is a soft plastic. Most likely the white part in the image is completely missing. This is what holds the shift cable on the transmission linkage. Seems like a pretty weak piece to perform such an important task

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M1Gunner · Sep 27, 2017

Well you actually want that weak point in the shift linkage. It works like a crumple zone or a fuse. If that weak point wasn't there and you were trying to continually force the vehicle in and out of gear then you would do worse damage to the transmission and it manual level position switch and/or valve.

vmoua509 · Jan 4, 2018

same thing happened to me! the original white bushing started breaking apart which lead to the shifter cable coming off the shift linkage. I ordered a new bushing off www.bushingfix.com and it really is a 5 minute job. An e-clip from the hardware store was a temporary fix while I waited for the new bushing to arrive.

iamdub · Jan 4, 2018

I'm gonna inspect and grease mine. Thanks for the lead on that bushingfix thing, Von.

harbison · Jan 4, 2018

Glad to know there’s an easier and cheaper fix.

SouthWacoSoldier · Jan 23, 2022

Can anyone help me. I replaced both cables for the transmission and its works as should be once I put it in park the shifter goes loose on me. Replaced both new cables with new cables again. So the problem was the male part of cable would keep popping out of the female part of cable even with the c clip in. Put the old lower cable and it worked fine unitl i put it in park and again loose shifter. Im lost amd dont know what to do. Someone help me.

BG1988 · Jan 24, 2022

SouthWacoSoldier said:
Can anyone help me. I replaced both cables for the transmission and its works as should be once I put it in park the shifter goes loose on me. Replaced both new cables with new cables again. So the problem was the male part of cable would keep popping out of the female part of cable even with the c clip in. Put the old lower cable and it worked fine unitl i put it in park and again loose shifter. Im lost amd dont know what to do. Someone help me.

where do i get the C clip mine is missing

i used washer and twist tie and wedged it

gmoney32 · Oct 26, 2024

Thank you to everyone here. This happened to me yesterday. Went to a restaurant and came out with the shifter just freely moving. Left it overnight and found this forum. Went back this morning and the cable on the transmission side was hanging there with a small piece of the white bushing there. I walked over to Ace and bought a 1/4" inside diameter bolt retainer for $.25 and pushed it on and drove it home. I have the bushing on order that is linked above. Thanks again! Saved me the trouble of having it towed.

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