A2 Jetta question; hard to get into reverse

[roccit_53 at hotmail.com (C Boyko)]

Well, all I can tell you is it shifts better now, and it wouldn't go easily 
into reverse. (And I'd never be perverse, no, not me, and I actually missed 
some of the things I wrote that could be misread, thanks for listing them!) 
Funny, our "beater" Jetta has the opposite problem right now, won't go into 
fifth, which on a non turbo/air conditioned/ 1.6 diesel is pretty nice to 
have. It sure hasn't got much off the line.

But I was serious about the lollipop being another source of problems. 
Honest.
Cathy


>From: Euroroc II <flaatr@yahoo.com>
>To: scirocco81@vwmail.net,scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: A2 Jetta question; hard to get into reverse
>Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:48:20 -0700
>
>Sloppy lollipop....
>excessive "up and down" play...
>holding the gear shift...
>my husband likes his new ball...
>
>Hmmm, nothing wrong here... Sometimes a shifter is just a shifter.
>
>-Raffi
>
>
>
>At 11:37 AM 9/18/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>>Am I the only one that found this post....um....perverse?
>>
>>
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>>
>>--- "C Boyko" <roccit_53@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>ALso, mine had been stubborn going into reverse recently, it was (once
>>again) the little ball on the "lollipop" in the linkage, it fits into a
>>metal gate, and had gotten sloppy. New lollipop, cranked down, now reverse
>>is easy as you please. So that's yet another part that can impact reverse. 
>>I
>>believe A2s also have this part. This also leads to excessive "up and 
>>down"
>>play in the gear shift lever, it shouldn't flop around a lot, if it does,
>>you have a loose/damaged  lollipop. This can also give a very evil rattle,
>>sounds like your exhaust rubbing on the frame. (hold the gear shift and it
>>goes away, another little diagnostic)
>>
>>But I'd suspect you jumped a spline or two, that seems to be more common.
>>
>>It's really hard to stay on track here, my husband likes his new ball, 
>>says
>>it will make him faster...
>>Cathy
>>
>>
>> >From: Andrew Wong <mkii_84@yahoo.com>
>> >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> >Subject: Re: A2 Jetta question; hard to get into reverse
>> >Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 20:51:25 -0700 (PDT)
>> >
>> >I'll tell my friend about the linkage adjustment.  Is
>> >there a special tool to adjust the linkage?  How
>> >different is it from the Sciroccos linkage?  I can
>> >adjust mine by trial and error, as currently mine is
>> >going to third gear instead of first, but was my fauly
>> >when I did it on my car.
>> >I forgot at the time when I was looking at the car,
>> >that I had the problem in my Scirocco with the
>> >adjustment.  I do remember it was my friend shifting
>> >the car when it was off and the next time it was drive
>> >reverse was first gear, but the problem was fixed.
>> >--- "T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>> > > > Probably is the adjustment or the bushings or
>> > > both.  Usually the the linkage
>> > > > doesn't just go out of adjusment unless someone is
>> > > messing with it so I
>> > >
>> > > Not so! I've seen the linkage adjustment "jump
>> > > splines" a couple of times
>> > > when someone was loading a heavy object in to the
>> > > passenger seat and they
>> > > smacked the shift lever hard side-to-side. Once the
>> > > shift lever has moved
>> > > fully to one side and stopped, all the torque
>> > > created goes in to the
>> > > splined coupling and it can break the coupling loose
>> > > enough to move it a
>> > > spline or two.
>> > >
>> > > Check your bushings, but definitely check your
>> > > linkage adjustment as well.
>> > > A little bit of adjustment (1 mm) can go a long way
>> > > towards better shifter
>> > > operation.
>> > >
>> > > -Toby
>> > >
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