Gearshift problem

Post by **Mocki** » 22 Mar 2008, 11:03

i will be crawling under mine in the next few days ill take a in sit pic if thats anygood clive, mine is a right bugger, it moves too far for reverse, but all the rest a good........ going to take the stick out and turn the onion round on the stick, and use a different bit.......

Post by **HarryMann** » 22 Mar 2008, 12:03

[img:800:600]https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/images/Deten ... 800%29.jpg[/img]

... or the fork ends break off giving same effect, can get 'under' gate detents

Post by **Mocki** » 22 Mar 2008, 12:12

does Jenny know you are writing on the floor clive?

Post by **HarryMann** » 22 Mar 2008, 13:20

Shhh!

...runs off to find some sandpaper and varnish quick

Post by **wasserleaker** » 22 Mar 2008, 13:54

Apologies, Harrymann! didn't know those fork end bits were renewable, and wore out as well.

Post by **HarryMann** » 22 Mar 2008, 14:16

Think they're not on the diesel Syncro, cast.moulded onto the lever forks, very hard to replace (I used tufnol sleeve) think the front-selector rod and lever arangement is a bit different on 2WD 5-speed, but once you take a look, all will become clear...

blue...
Get front well up in the air and chocked and remove spare and take a good close-up look, torch might be handy, and a mate to move the lever from cab, pushing fully down and to left to see if it is indeed getting tangled 'behind' the gate/detent block.

A few more piccies..

Wiki pictures of general selector rod layout under vehicle

Rear bush is most likely to have a lot of play, UJs and centre bush can do, but rear bush most vulnerable. If left too long without grease and new bushes the rod itself wears below its nominal ID of 20mm, and that is effectively a non-replaceable part (cost). Ditto centre bush. UJ pins and bushes easy to fit.