Gear Linkage Bellows

[Aidan]

once Aidan can find a good 'un.

[silverbullet]

(voice like Jezza Paxman) Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeees...

[Aidan]

ok if you know of any good single veggie/vegan women in the NW let me know

[silverbullet]

I'll have a word with the Mrs - she's veggie but would drive you mad moaning about being cold

[palaka46]

im having a little problem quite close to this, shifting up is no problem and he goes fine once in gear but changing down is a real pain the a***, cant box change when stopping and messed up a gear change off a round about the other day and forced a cop car to slow down behind me until it managed to slot in, ended up in 4th not 2nd and had to chug along until it picked up pace, i also have a 5speed and i must say i prefer my old 4, at least it didnt catch reverse and grind my box through the back, is there a simple way to solve this, ive been down and checked my linkages theres no bad movement and all seem fairly good, i was hoping a lever repair kit would help a bit as i thought i was just finding the selection hard but shifting up is fine, but since reading this i have noticed that if i pop the lever over to the left slightly before selecting second this seems to work better for me too

[Epiphone]

Hi, this is exactly whats happening with mine.

Because the piston is already popped in 1st, when u go to 2nd, (where pisten is also needed to be popped) its fine.

Then coming down from 3rd/4th to second, the piston is fully extended (not popped).

U need to get a mechanic to look at the linkages, if its like mine, its that it seems everything seems to far over the left.