LandyAndy
20th March 2005, 03:30 PM
Hi Guys
I did a bit of work on the gear shifter on my 109 van this morning.I managed to get all the slop out of the shifter,its now as good as new.
I found most of the slop is in the larger ball just up from the end of the shifter.To fix this I removed the set screw that screws through the housing and into the slot of the ball on the shifter.I tapped the screw hole out to suit a larger bolt,then shaped the end of the bolt with the bench grinder to suit the slot in the ball.I also fitted a new O ring to the small ball on the end of the shifter.
Before doing this I had 6 inches or more of sideways slop in the shifter whilst in gear,now I have less than 1 inch and the gears are much easier to find.Quite often I would get 3rd instead of 1st :oops:
Andrew
I did a bit of work on the gear shifter on my 109 van this morning.I managed to get all the slop out of the shifter,its now as good as new.
I found most of the slop is in the larger ball just up from the end of the shifter.To fix this I removed the set screw that screws through the housing and into the slot of the ball on the shifter.I tapped the screw hole out to suit a larger bolt,then shaped the end of the bolt with the bench grinder to suit the slot in the ball.I also fitted a new O ring to the small ball on the end of the shifter.
Before doing this I had 6 inches or more of sideways slop in the shifter whilst in gear,now I have less than 1 inch and the gears are much easier to find.Quite often I would get 3rd instead of 1st :oops:
Andrew