TheSamba.com :: View topic - Need some shifter help. 56 wolfburg panel

Mon Apr 28, 2014 10:55 am

I have a 56 panel and having problems with the shifter. When everything is In place the ball of the shit rod ends up barely in the socket of the shift rod. So when you shift it pops out of the rod. It appears to be the correct rod and mount. Driving me nuts. Can anyone help me out?

Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:31 am

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?...t_dir=DESC

Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:40 am

Thx but that does not cover pre 60. Mine is the small ball shifter.

Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:44 am

mwil8989 wrote: Thx but that does not cover pre 60. Mine is the small ball shifter.

well, maybe the shifter is not in the picture, but the early shift rod certainly is

Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:32 pm

Yep your right. I have the correct linkage it appears. Thx

Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:16 am

My 1963 bus had a similar problem. I bought a front shifting shaft at an autowrecker, removed the aftermarket shaft from the bus and put them side by side on the garage floor. The front of tha aftermarket shaft was bent lower than the front of the stock shaft. When I installed the stock shaft, it shifted fine.

Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:11 pm

Thx for the info. Mine is the og rod.

Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:16 pm

If you can post some pics of the linkage and rod underneeth.

Do you have the M-spring on the rod bracket under the shifter?

Tue Apr 29, 2014 8:32 pm

The "M" spring has been repro'ed again!

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1584809

Bill Bowman

Wed Apr 30, 2014 6:17 pm

I'll try to get pics later this week. The m spring is there.