Manual shifting 1st to 2nd trouble sometimes?
February-1st-2005, 10:16 PM
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no...how do I go about doing that and what could this help or change? Thanks for the reply! someone posted this elsewhere..could this help? Has anyone tried this?
"I am a new member. I was searching the forum to see if anybody had hard shifting problem. I recently fixed my car. It has 100000 miles on it and after several reports to the dealer, my hard shifting problem was conisdered normal. Like cold temp etc. etc..
I decided to check out the problem myself. And what I found was the bottom of the shift lever (under the car) that connects the extension bar has a bushing. I diconnected the extension bar (not the control rod) and found the shift lever was very smooth indicating a good ball joint. But the extension bar bolt was very difficult to loosen. I cleaned the bolt, applied some grease to the bushing that sits at the end of the shift lever. I re attached the shift linkages and found that my shift lever is VERY SMOOTH. I had been driving my car for about 70000 miles with that problem. Looks like my bolt/bushing got siezed long time ago.
But finally it is a night and day difference in effort to change the gears."
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"I am a new member. I was searching the forum to see if anybody had hard shifting problem. I recently fixed my car. It has 100000 miles on it and after several reports to the dealer, my hard shifting problem was conisdered normal. Like cold temp etc. etc..
I decided to check out the problem myself. And what I found was the bottom of the shift lever (under the car) that connects the extension bar has a bushing. I diconnected the extension bar (not the control rod) and found the shift lever was very smooth indicating a good ball joint. But the extension bar bolt was very difficult to loosen. I cleaned the bolt, applied some grease to the bushing that sits at the end of the shift lever. I re attached the shift linkages and found that my shift lever is VERY SMOOTH. I had been driving my car for about 70000 miles with that problem. Looks like my bolt/bushing got siezed long time ago.
But finally it is a night and day difference in effort to change the gears."
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February-1st-2005, 11:26 PM
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Looks like you solved the problem. The bolt that attaches the bottom of the shift lever to the change control rod has a torque setting of 12-16 ft/lbs (16-22 N/m) according to the FSM. When this bolt is too tight, as you found out, shifting is very stiff.
For a further improvement in shifting, you might consider changing to a synthetic transmission oil. I use Red Line MT-90 and found that it provides somewhat smoother shifts, particularly in cold weather, compared with the OEM mineral oil previously used.
Finally, I recommend installing the Kartboy bushings. These attach to the transmission end of the extension bar and will remove excess play from the shift mechanism and enable more precise shifts.
For a further improvement in shifting, you might consider changing to a synthetic transmission oil. I use Red Line MT-90 and found that it provides somewhat smoother shifts, particularly in cold weather, compared with the OEM mineral oil previously used.
Finally, I recommend installing the Kartboy bushings. These attach to the transmission end of the extension bar and will remove excess play from the shift mechanism and enable more precise shifts.
Last edited by goldstar; February-1st-2005 at 11:32 PM.
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