NO, didn't know about your broken spring... I had that once on my previous MK1 on the front, didn't know until the MOT man told me! Springs were old though and at the time it was the reason I upgraded to what you have now.
I’m guessing you have a kit that looks like this:
which does cover the worst worn bushes but I found on the first car I did that the ball joints of the linkages weren't that great, the clips for them were shot and the main ball/bush for the selector was pretty fooked too so wanted to replace the lot. The same was with my black one.
Crazy's sell it all but not as a complete kit and obviously not as cheaply as what I got. I found everything sold as one kit on egay for about 25 notes delivered, they come and go so you have to look out for them if you want to save a few quid. None on there at the moment.
Using crazy's as an example or if you choose to get it from them, you need the following which can be found on
THIS page
They sell the basic bush with the short and long links included for about 18 quid delivered
Listed as
Basic Bush and Link Kit GLBK+ GLSL + GLLLYou will also need the selector Bush and Ball kit which stupidly comes with bushes that you get with the above!
Listed as
Bush and Ball KitAnd after writing all that I just found you the complete kit for £22 delivered!
HERE Tip for you, MK1s and 2's don’t have much of a smooth feel in the selector when changing gears compared to a modern car, so I recommend you find yourself a shift weight from a mk3 and replace the short link with it. I have one, just not fitted it yet but had one on the previous golf and was so much nicer.
Found a couple
HERE as an example but they come with other mk3 bits you don't need so keep an eye out unless you just bite the bullet and buy one of these and bin the other bits. After a bit of searching I found a weight on it's own for about £6... maybe try a scrappy?
Hope this helps.
