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General => The garage => Topic started by: bigkev750 on 07 January 2005, 21:03
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Hi all
somebody posted a link to some guy who was making upgraded gearlinkage kits for mk1&2 golfs does anybody remember what the web address was
thanks
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if your on about the repair kit the vw dealer has them...... they include all the little rubber bits which make the gear change sloppy!
also the gear linkage the plastic bits they wear and cause some problems!
i cant remember the address being posted but
tsr performance (http://www.tsr-performance.com)
do metal gearlinkage kits which replaces the plastic bits.
so you get solid metal rods instead of metal rods with plastic ends! :smiley:
there websites changed so i dont know if they still make them..... but they should do..
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think that was matey boy from the US who sends them here ?
forgot myself
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think that was matey boy from the US who sends them here ?
forgot myself
yeah i thought they were from the states too but remember them being fooking expensive for what they were.
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The one you want is:
http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/ForSale/ShiftLinkage.shtml
And they're bloody cheap :smiley:
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And they're bloody cheap :smiley:
i hope your joking? $40 for a teflon bush? i know the exchange rate is good but i don't think thats cheap? and the weighted shift rod being a lump of metal jubilee clipped to the rod is a bit bodge. you can buy a mk3 one form vag for about a tenner that'll do the job and look like its meant to be there!
oh and that was the site i was thinking of, good on ya!
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You only buy the teflon bushes if you need 'Extreme Duty' ones, i.e. in proper high speed racing applications. The normal UHMW bushings are $15 a pair. With the exchange rate as it is it works out pretty cheap!
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only thing you really need to replace is the ball on the relay shaft. thats all ive ever replaced on both my 16v's
oh and a mk3 weighted shift rod from VAG
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only thing you really need to replace is the ball on the relay shaft. thats all ive ever replaced on both my 16v's
oh and a mk3 weighted shift rod from VAG
It all depends how badly worn the linkage is, I got a full kit dirt cheap from EBay which tightened it up noticably, the only thing is my relay ball is a little loose so I'm going to get the UHMW one from missiglinkz at some point :smiley:
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missinglinkz is where i got mine. came within 2 days!!
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only thing you really need to replace is the ball on the relay shaft. thats all ive ever replaced on both my 16v's
oh and a mk3 weighted shift rod from VAG
where can you get just the ball from then? i tried my local vw garage but they said i'd have to buy the whole relay shaft.
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from that missinglinkz website!
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ho ho ho, yeah i did actually look at them. its just i've just re-done all my bushes apart from that one! we'll see....................
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Check out ebay.. your be surprised what u can buy on there...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9889&item=4518985797&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Have a looky at this link
Cheers
Dave
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Unfortunately it doesn't include the relay shaft bushing!
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^^^ exactly. and the sets that go on ebay can be bought from german and swedish for about ?6 with out the shift rod.
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think im gonna get the cheap set of bushes from gsf and use the dimentions to lathe out some solid nylon bushes, that should shop the movement :grin:
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well it looks like thats answerd my question :grin:
has anybody actually fitted these bushes if so do they feel any better than genuine(my wife drives it so it better be tough) :evil:
thanks all
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veedubgti16v: Can you make more than one? If so I'll buy one off you! :smiley:
I sence an ebay opportunity :grin: