Snapped Gear Stick

Post by **hanloncole** » 04 Jun 2006, 21:33

Gear stick just snapped about 8 inches from the floor! is this a common fault? its a 5 speed box on a 1.6 TD. Second Hand gear stick with bits required
Thanks
Simon

Post by **matt** » 05 Jun 2006, 06:15

lucky git !! mine snapped 3mm from the floor !!

yes its common

Post by **Don-Tucker** » 05 Jun 2006, 16:47

How can you snap a gear stick made of 12mm mild steel.?Beats me.
Don

Post by **R0B** » 05 Jun 2006, 16:54

near the bottom i can understand.but 8 inches up.now thats got me baffled....

Post by **kyleewyleecoyote** » 05 Jun 2006, 21:50

Don-Tucker wrote:How can you snap a gear stick made of 12mm mild steel.?Beats me.
Don

Quite easily! Where the collar that holds the spring in place is the gearstick is drilled about 3mm to locate the grub screw holding it, this causes a weakness that can cause the lever to fracture over the course of 20 years of trying to find gears.

Mine went last Christmass eve with a 250 mile return trip

. Manage to bodge it by putting a steel tube sleeve (B&Q) over and drilling and tapping for m4's on each half.... Got me home and left it like that for a few months!

Post by **Don-Tucker** » 06 Jun 2006, 06:24

Fair enough,but if I had to put that much strain on a gearstick to find gears I would think something was wrong.I bet mine will snap now just to prove me wrong.
Don

Post by **matt** » 06 Jun 2006, 06:33

Don-Tucker wrote:How can you snap a gear stick made of 12mm mild steel.?Beats me.
Don

25 years of metal fatigue...and the fact they are made of monkey metal

Post by **torz** » 06 Jun 2006, 07:06

plus a heavy handed woman

Post by **Don-Tucker** » 06 Jun 2006, 07:09

I think I know Monkey metal when I see it,anyway made of that it would't last 2 days.
Don

Post by **matt** » 06 Jun 2006, 07:23

Heavy handed torz......?

Nah, you have a very delicate touch

hey, Simon, why not just stick the gearknob back on, hey presto, a free short shifter kit..........