If you find your gear stick sloppy and has lots of movement even whilst in gear the selector bushes are probably loose and tired. There are many different bushes to replace but for now will stick to the selector levers.
The bush is a soft polyurethane that over time expands and as a result the gearstick gets sloppy in forward/back & side to side movement. The cost is so insignificant it's worth doing there are 2 bushes on the 2wd gearbox and 3 on the 4wd. The third bush on the 4x4 is for the 2-4wd lever and is a bit of a pain to get to so I never bothered today I have to change the bushes in the gearstick as well so will do it then.
Anyway this is not a difficult job but can be time consuming so leave an hour spare.
First to explain what the levers look like I've added a diagram the bushes to be replaced are item's 19 onto the levers 13 & 14 (pic1)
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