Mk1 Gearbox

**DubSteve** · 15-01-2009, 11:11 AM

Ok Guys

In an effort to get my car registered my father took the mk1 to get it weighed, anyway I get a phone call with the Gearshift stalk falling 3" WTF

It still drives but you have to lift the gearshift and change carefully.

Any ideas, my dad reckons it could need a new ball joint or something like that but he was taking a guesstimation lol.

Help would be appreciated.

Steve

**XXX-1.8T** · 15-01-2009, 11:46 AM

sounds like its the gear linkage.

Nothing big just needs adjusting.

**DubSteve** · 15-01-2009, 12:02 PM

Hope so mate I bought a new gear linkage kit from GAP and I have it at home, as I wanted to get the wonkieness out of the throw hopefully I can kill two birds with one stone

**gtimk5** · 15-01-2009, 12:15 PM

Very easy fix there, gear knob off and the boot. Slide the circlip back down into its groove. Common problem. Tighten the circlip carefully with pliers before refitting it into the groove. You will see the groove when you lift the lever up and push down on the spring part.

**DubSteve** · 15-01-2009, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by gtimk5

Very easy fix there, gear knob off and the boot. Slide the circlip back down into its groove. Common problem. Tighten the circlip carefully with pliers before refitting it into the groove. You will see the groove when you lift the lever up and push down on the spring part.

Cheers Andrew will try that out mate.