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Sloppy Shifter question



>> Hello all,
>>
>> I return to my car to pick up the kids from camp and found the shifter
>> really sloppy to the point that what engaged 1st seem to me the position of
>> 3rd. Reverse seem exagerated onto the left and pushing down and up to the
>> left seem unessesary. Much of a limp noodle feel to all of this. All gears
>> are engaging, has this happend to anyone before? and how did you correct it.
> 
> 
> Lift up your shift boot and make sure the plastic swivel ball is still in
> one piece and the fingers holding the shifter spring are all there.  Move it
> from gear to gear looking for abnormal movement.  If that is OK it sounds
> like a broken linkage piece or misalignment of the linkage shaft.  My $0.02.

   I second this. Mine exploded on Father's Day and made shifting really 
interesting. Everything was in it's approximate position but reverse 
didn't require pushing down on the shifter and was somewhere up and to 
the left. Replaced it with an extra one I had and it's never been better.