problems selecting gears?

[carrie]

just had mot, some times i had to go part way into reverse to select 1st, i now know why the steering rack has a mount in the centre tunnel it is broken this seems to also affect the gear linkage.
also on the mot i found out i have a broken n/s spring, time to get new springs all round then.
all in all a f*cing expensive mot   

[richandhazel]

Broken spring.........exactly the excuse I used to put lowering springs in all round

[free]

aparently you can ajust the gear linkages on mrk1's,  by poping the gater off then undoing the 10mm nut and moving the plate around and then tightning it up again,

[richandhazel]

Hmmm, never tried that. However, that ain't going to help if the support bracket on the steering column is broken. Need to fix that first and then look into adjustment, although I doubt it will be necessary once the bracket is fixed. 

[greenie]

Very common problem !!!!! I had the same thing very frustrating !!!!!!
Good news its very fixable but you cant really do it yourself, its one of two things
when you seclet a gear esp the reverse and first gear there are bushes which separate each gear these do wear out and need replacing you can buy a kit, also the linkage can come out of sinc quite quickly esp when you force the gear and the brackets can be bent these need reajusting, any good Grage that specilaises in Golfs can this ....  dont take it to any old garage like I did to start with absolutle nightmare

hope this helps
Greenie 

[black_cabbie]

Its definitely bushes/allignment problem.

Check out my mysery a few weeks back....

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1794207

[carrie]

Its definitely bushes/allignment problem.

Check out my mysery a few weeks back....

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1794207

no, its definatly a broken bracket, was just posting as if you do get gear selection problems check this as it could be dangerous!!

[carrie]

Broken spring.........exactly the excuse I used to put lowering springs in all round

thats whats happening rich as the rears are a bit saggy and as both fronts really need to be done for balance i may aswell put eibach ones (30cm down)  in there. only 110 for all four so i can put up with that

[BobbyT]

i also have real trouble getting me golf in to first gear, some times it takes four attempts! can i sort this problem my self? rob

[tyler]

I have the same trouble at the mo but we are looking at this at weekend ive got a set off bushes coming for the gear linkage so that should tighten things up to start we are then removing any bad parts off the gear linkage which are worn if that dont  work taking the gearbox out and checken /replacing gear selector. i keep you informed hopefully it will be one off the easier options but were see.
if any one knows any other reason why this happens let me no and i give it a go thanks