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Offline Benrevs

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Re: Gear Linkages
« Reply #10 on: 03 November 2008, 13:21 »
Check that you actually still have the main bush/rubber ball thingy as the car I just bought had lost it entirely. 
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Offline Brads MK2 GTI

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Re: Gear Linkages
« Reply #11 on: 03 November 2008, 13:33 »
Grr this sounds like it's going to turn into one of THOSE jobs! Better get all the repair kit ordered then and a new ball thingy too then get cracking. And I'll need an alignment tool from Ebay too then. Not sure if I'm looking forward to this, at least not the dropping the gear stick out of the car part, any tips?
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Offline DarnPB

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Re: Gear Linkages
« Reply #12 on: 03 November 2008, 13:35 »
Quote from: Brads MK2 GTI on 03 November 2008, 13:33
Grr this sounds like it's going to turn into one of THOSE jobs! Better get all the repair kit ordered then and a new ball thingy too then get cracking. And I'll need an alignment tool from Ebay too then. Not sure if I'm looking forward to this, at least not the dropping the gear stick out of the car part, any tips?

You don't need to drop out the gearstick. The linkeages are in front of the engine bulkhead, behind the engine. Access is not the easiest but perfectly do-able.
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Re: Gear Linkages
« Reply #13 on: 03 November 2008, 14:07 »
I was thinking about the ball thingy on the bottom end of the stick? That'll help to get rid of a lot of play by replacing it won't it?
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Offline sidecarphil

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Re: Gear Linkages
« Reply #14 on: 03 November 2008, 14:45 »
i followed the gear shaft replacmant topic and changed all of the bushes and link rod's including the weighted link rod from a mk3 and all the gearstick balls and wow it made a huge differance , it is like driving a new car

they cost peanut's and are fairly easy to change , get it done first then worry if the fault is still there

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Offline Mew

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Re: Gear Linkages
« Reply #15 on: 03 November 2008, 14:54 »
Quote from: Brads MK2 GTI on 03 November 2008, 14:07
I was thinking about the ball thingy on the bottom end of the stick? That'll help to get rid of a lot of play by replacing it won't it?

That'll sort out your up and down movement and stop you finding reverse rather than 1st!
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Offline rubjonny

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Re: Gear Linkages
« Reply #16 on: 03 November 2008, 16:14 »
yeah its a pain to do the ball housing, messey and fiddly as hell to swap in and out from above, but it WILL go!  I did it on my GTI before I lowered it and didnt even have to jack the car up, 4x4 stance ftw  :grin:
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Re: Gear Linkages
« Reply #17 on: 03 November 2008, 17:29 »
Quote from: rubjonny on 03 November 2008, 16:14
yeah its a pain to do the ball housing, messey and fiddly as hell to swap in and out from above, but it WILL go!  I did it on my GTI before I lowered it and didnt even have to jack the car up, 4x4 stance ftw  :grin:


can you do it from the top ???
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Offline rubjonny

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Re: Gear Linkages
« Reply #18 on: 04 November 2008, 11:54 »
the bolts holding the gearshift box to the car are underneath, you have to unbolt them because otherwise there isnt room to wiggle the plastic ball housing out.  The actual plastic housing comes out from above, have a read of my FAQ its all in there ;)
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