Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (December 1995)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Fri, 1 Dec 1995 14:56:05 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         H2obxr@aol.com
Subject:      Smoooooooth Shifting

Well, I finally solved about 90 percent of the problems I was having getting from third to neutral and third to fourth gears on my '88 GL. Thought I'd seen some postings from folks with similar problems, this might help.

While under the van, I had my wife shift gears (motor not running, of course), and it looked as if the linkage (normally covered by a boot as it enters the transmission) might have a little play. Most of the boot was gone, but the linkage still looked clean and greasy. There are two bolts that hold a bracket through which the shift rod passes. Removing the upper bolt and loosening the bottom bolt of the bracket lets the "cup" portion of the linkage separate from the rest, revealing a _nylon?_ ball that acts as the _bearing_, if you will, for the rest of the linkage. Well, the "cup" that the ball sits in was about one-third ful of a compacted grease/dirt mixture that had become solid enough to cause the ball to raise slightly out of the cup, intsead of transferring the motion to the rest of the linkage. Solution was to soak the grease/dirt mixture for about half an hour (I used WD-40), the scoop the softened gunk out, re-pack with grease, put the whole shebang back together, and _presto_! No more resistance at all when shifting. (sorry, Joel, all it took was a dab of grease!) tranny fluid is next.

BTW, sorry for the lack of technical references to the linkage dohickey's; I still don't have my Bentley manual yet :)

Cliff

'88 Vanagon GL, shifting much better now, TYVM!


Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!


Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com


The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.