Mk 1 GTI Convertible Karman

[Hugebeard]

Hi all

I have recently bought a lovely MK 1 and have had some work on it. The steering rack was replaced and the gears have not been the same since. I plan to return it to the garage.

The garage said it was a pig to do beacause of the unique way of the movableable links that join the gears to the steering rack.

Is there any websites with information on this and a technical guide to best fit it?

cheers dudes

[richandhazel]

When you say 'the gears' what exactly do you mean? Is it the universal joint at the bottom of the steering column?

[Hugebeard]

The garage said they has to disengage the exhaust and the gearbox to replace the steering rack.

Since then when its a sod to put the car into the different gears.

[richandhazel]

They will have had to disconnect your gear linkage and they have not put it back correctly. It is therefore out of adjustment. Simple enough to fix, there was a thread about this recently and someone came across a really good site for doing it yourself..........I'll see if I can find it.
I'm sure there is some info in the Haynes manual too, I haven't got mine to hand at the moment.

[richandhazel]

Here it is:-

http://www.geocities.com/jonnyguru/vw/shifter.html

That'll fix it And thanks to 'teeb' who originally dug that one out for us.