josh_99 Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 Hi, my gearstick seems to have about 3cm of play when in gear or neutral sideways and feels a bit loose and imprecise. However the actual gear changes are perfect and has never slipped out of gear. Is this just worn bushes on the linkage or could it be something more serious?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobieus_uk Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 best thing is get underneath and take a look at the linkages, you may be able to make a adjustment to take up the play, its helps to have a friend wriggle the gearstick so you can see which linkage moves on the sideways motion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_99 Posted December 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 4 minutes ago, Mobieus_uk said: best thing is get underneath and take a look at the linkages, you may be able to make a adjustment to take up the play, its helps to have a friend wriggle the gearstick so you can see which linkage moves on the sideways motion Cheers, I'll have to take a look tomorrow when it's light. Am I right in thinking the box is fine, and that it is most likely the linkage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobieus_uk Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 (edited) I'm gonna guess at linkages, the box itself just has a single gear change selector that pushes in and out and rotates, its pretty solid and its though the linkages to convert the gear changes into this in/out and rotate motion, if the gear changes are smooth and the box is quiet then gearboxes are pretty honest bits of kit as they complain when things ain't right and you would have more issues then play in the gearstick on the linkages, from memory 2 points of adjustment, they should be fixed and not slide in the grove they sit in, yours simply may have loosened of and the play your feeling is the sliding in the groove, if one is loose center the stick in neutral and tighten up at that point, it makes much more sense when you look at the linkages Edited December 16, 2016 by Mobieus_uk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 you're going to find one of the bushes on the linkage has died. the rectangular one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_99 Posted December 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 28 minutes ago, Rich said: you're going to find one of the bushes on the linkage has died. the rectangular one. Where abouts on the linkage is the bush? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 1 hour ago, Rich said: the rectangular one. rich, would that be the rubber ball in a square cup thing with a seal over the top of it? oddest thing ever.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 nope, on the end of the cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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