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Hornman Samba Soul Surfer
Joined: April 16, 2002 Posts: 1062 Location: Ventura, CA
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 9:02 am Post subject: Shift linkage |
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Hello men and women of Splitsville. I've quickly develped a bunch of slop in my stick shift (I know, sounds like a personal problem). At first, it wasn't down shifting correctly. But now it's so sloppy, it has trouble knowing what's 1st or 3rd. And the stick feels like it's all over the place. I haven't had a chance to crawl underneath but I'm hoping that I've got a screw lose (or two). Yah, I'm thinking that things may need to be tightened up. What do you think? _________________ Michael
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pyrOman Fire Master
Joined: July 21, 2003 Posts: 12401 Location: Over 2002 posts deleted!
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 9:18 am Post subject: |
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Check, well, EVERYTHING!
Loose shifter base plate, plastic bushings, shaft couplings (for loose bolts AND busted rubber), the nose cone for cracks or just plain broken!
Also take a look at the tranny mount at the nose cone. These things can get loose and make it difficult to shift properly.
Good luck! _________________ Some people are so busy being clever they don't have time enough to be wise. |
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Hornman Samba Soul Surfer
Joined: April 16, 2002 Posts: 1062 Location: Ventura, CA
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks PyrO. It's always something, ain't it?!? _________________ Michael
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Clara Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2003 Posts: 12384
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Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 6:22 am Post subject: |
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fix it now. er... really.. if you are shifting not quite into gear it may mess up yr synchros.
check the screw in the rear shift couple, just forward of the tranny. they should have wire through the heads and around the rod, twisted to prevent them coming loose. should.
sound like a loose bolt back there, or you need a new rear coupler. |
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Hornman Samba Soul Surfer
Joined: April 16, 2002 Posts: 1062 Location: Ventura, CA
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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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Clara, that was it! That little screw was just barely hanging there. Glad it hadn't fallen all the way out. MAN, now it shifts far better than it ever had! It's been loose for a while. Thanks! And thanks to Pyro and George Lyle as well. _________________ Michael
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crofty Judas of the North
Joined: August 09, 2000 Posts: 19671 Location: Land of Whine and Phonies
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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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Blessed Bus wrote: |
Clara, that was it! That little screw was just barely hanging there. Glad it hadn't fallen all the way out. MAN, now it shifts far better than it ever had! It's been loose for a while. Thanks! And thanks to Pyro and George Lyle as well. |
I hope you put some wire in there too! _________________ Your Vanagon sucks, Stop waving at me.
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Bart Samba Member
Joined: March 18, 2002 Posts: 2516 Location: Chapel Hill, TN
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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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Not to hijack the thread, but my shifter is a little sloppy, I can find the gears, but when its in gear I can move it from side to side... Is this the culprit? _________________ http://www.sundial-camper.com |
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rusbus Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2003 Posts: 790 Location: Maryland
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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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Sundial Camper wrote: |
Not to hijack the thread, but my shifter is a little sloppy, I can find the gears, but when its in gear I can move it from side to side... Is this the culprit? |
some side to side movement is normal...it's the space between the "gear selector forks" or whatever they're called.
how much movement are we talking here? |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69738 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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Sundial Camper wrote: |
Not to hijack the thread, but my shifter is a little sloppy, I can find the gears, but when its in gear I can move it from side to side... Is this the culprit? |
That's either the shifter bushing up front, loose shift coupler screws, or a shift coupler that is about to fall apart _________________ How to Post Photos
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Bart Samba Member
Joined: March 18, 2002 Posts: 2516 Location: Chapel Hill, TN
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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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I've never messed with the shifter stuff and I just installed a new locking shifter, so I guess I'm going to have to get under there and check. It was making a noise like something was coming loose when you get going down the highway in 4th, like a vibration in the shifter. If I put my hand on it, it would stop or if I moved it up and over it would stop till it vibrated back after awhile. After I installed the locking shifter it stopped doing that, but there is still side to side play in the shifter. _________________ http://www.sundial-camper.com |
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Clara Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2003 Posts: 12384
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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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Sundial Camper wrote: |
It was making a noise like something was coming loose when you get going down the highway in 4th, like a vibration in the shifter. If I put my hand on it, it would stop or if I moved it up and over it would stop till it vibrated back after awhile. |
check yr front tranny mount, as well as the shifter linkage stuff. _________________ The Obsolete Air-Cooled Documentation Project http://oacdp.org/ |
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