Sloppy Shifter question

[neptunonc at yahoo.com (Neptuno)]

Oh no..... No blame to be placed anywhere. I think that with time and enough pressure, Say from an eager reverse action, that c-clip could come out of the groove on the gear shifter. Thus it would realease the tention that it is supposed to create. 
   
  Again, I will know for sure if that did the trick. My guess is yes! Unless there are other confounding factors, but it is a scirocco.
   
  EL T.

Greg Pallett <greg.rocco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  Hhmm... I seem to recal being invlved in that particular part of your
transmission swap El T. Since I'm a few miles away from you feel free
to blame me.

GP

On 6/26/07, Neptuno wrote:
> Ok so I think that I figure out the cause of my sloppy shifter...... Hang on for this one...... SO yes there is a spring atop the plastic swivel ball. That shifter spring is held by a C-clip that provides pressure to the gear shifter and aids in the push down mechanism for reverse. When I looked this morning the C-clip had worked its way up the gear shifter allowing the spring below all sorts of slack and concequently sloppy play. I will however still chnage all bushing and grommets associated with the linkage this weekend.
>
> I have to still prove this theory as I have not driven the car after this discovery.....
>
> More news at 11.
>
> thanks for the responses!
>
> El T
>
> "Foxx (in a box)" wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
>
>
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