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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: andydavey on 10 August 2007, 20:51
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For ages I'd been finding it really hard to get 5th, then I lost it completely a while back and the car would always go into 3rd when I thought I was putting it into 5th. Changed the main shaft bush last night as it was completely knackered (and I really mean that - probably about twice the size it should be and cracked to buggery). Realigned everything when I put it back together (trial and error - me holding the stick as central as I could while my brother tightened the nut). Thought I had all 5 gears and certainly seemed to when I tried to put it into 5th when doing a lap round my road slowly (though maybe I didn't, 5th and 3rd wouldn't feel too different the spped I was doing). Came to drive on the motorway today and couldn't get 5th at all - seemed to have two 3rds instead if that makes sense(one where 3rd should be and one where 5th should be).
Is this just a case of needing more accurate alignment or is something else worn that needs replacing? If it is more accurate alignment, can anyone give me a link to that full size drawing of the alignment tool?
Car is a 1990 8v.
Cheers,
Andy
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The plastic rods onto the box are quite common at failing iirc it's the shorter one of the two. That is a common solution for no 5th gear :)
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buy the tool on ebay for a fiver lol..
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Good call mate, looked at mine and the short one was indeed knackered, one end was practically split in half! Sorted now with a bodge in the form of a cable tie, but obviously it's gonna need replacing ASAP, do you have the part number for it (mines caked in sh!te and I can't really read it)?
Dolly - I'm not being cheap, but I was hoping to get it sorted this weekend and eBay would obviously take a while. Don't need it now though so it's all good :)
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buy a gear linkage and bush repair kit, tenner off ebay, take you an hour at mst to replace. doing mine in 10 mins... think there si a guide on the mech part of this board...
rob
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Should be everything you need to know :- http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=33100.0
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Cheers lads, however I've literally just replaced all the bushes which looked knackered (as I thought they were causing the problem) and am not really in the mood to pull the whole thing apart again, so really only want to get this single part (circled):
(http://www.surgeradio.co.uk/~ad/temp/rod.jpg)
Cheers!
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You could try these people :- http://www.vwspares.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=2090