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Date:         Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:02:28 -0500
Reply-To:     Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject:      continuing shifter problems
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Spent some time yesterday trying to improve the shifting on my '91 GL. I removed the shifter "box" underneath, cleaned all the old hard grease out and regreased the 3/4 "gate" and the reverse lockout "fence".

Followed the Bentley procedure to align the shifter -- strangely, they say that by '91 the upper bearing plate should no longer have the alignment holes, but mine did. The lower plate did NOT have alignment holes, so I just followed the procedure as if I did not have the alignment holes.

The shifting all works fairly well now, but the whole shifter mechanism is sitting too "low" in the box. It will pop over the reverse lockout with no real downward pressure on the shifter. If I lift UP on the shifter the reverse lockout works properly.

So I guess it sounds like I just have a worn-out shift lever bearing and I need to get the rebuild kit?

Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL


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