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Shift problem train
Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
Sat, 9 Oct 2010 18:01:09 -0700
...and bushings that connect the shifter to the shift rod. While I was at it, I got a guide ring and a boot for...
Re: Clutch Judder Fixed
Historical mailing list - Don Bolt
Thu, 26 Dec 2002 11:21:21 -0500
...The shift rod is supported at the Trans on the passenger side by the guide bolt, which is secured to the trans by a...
Need help; shifter linkage '81 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Thu, 21 May 1998 17:12:30 -0700
...But since the guide pin is round, it's turning freely inside the rear shift rod. Result: the nut goes on only so far...
Diesel shift linkage
Historical mailing list - M Catlin
Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:20:06 -0700
...rear shift rod because it has serious wear inside the tube where the guide pin goes. I got another rear shift rod from an...
Re: Help, 85 shifting problems
Historical mailing list
Wed, 11 Sep 1996 16:55:30 +0200
...know cause this problem: -shift guides are worn, but I don't think so; -clamps on the shift rod is loose, I found that...
Re: Shift linkage troubles
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Mon, 28 Oct 2002 17:05:18 -0800
...I am having trouble with the shift linkage > on my 81 Westy. The shift rod keeps coming off of the > guide pin on the...
Re: shift linkage rebuild
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sun, 4 May 2003 10:35:49 -0700
...shift rod fits over a long guide 'bolt' of sorts and that bolt has a nylon ring on the end that the shift rod...
Re: Front Shift rod
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:52:29 -0400
The only guide is the one side for the 1-2 shift gate. Pushing the shifter down lets you bypass to get to reverse...
Re: Shift linkage is out.
Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
Fri, 9 Apr 2004 14:26:16 -0400
Crawl under your van and check the linkage points along your shift rod. It sounds like something came loose, hopefully just the clamp pinch...
transmission shifting
Historical mailing list - Don Williams
Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:12:19 -0700
...Then when you push down the shift to go into reverse, you are bypassing those guides. The next problem is often the rod that...
Shift linkage troubles
Historical mailing list - ed maikranz
Mon, 28 Oct 2002 16:10:40 -0800
...I am having trouble with the shift linkage on my 81 Westy. The shift rod keeps coming off of the guide pin on the...
Re: Diesel shift linkage
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:44:57 -0800
...rear shift rod because it has serious wear inside > the tube where the guide pin goes. I got another rear shift rod > from an...
Re: Shift linkage troubles
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:36:52 -0600
...I am having trouble with the shift linkage > on my 81 Westy. The shift rod keeps coming off of the > guide pin on the...
Re: Shift linkage troubles
Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
Tue, 29 Oct 2002 08:13:19 -0500
...I am having trouble with the shift linkage > on my 81 Westy. The shift rod keeps coming off of the > guide pin on the...
Looking fer a part
Historical mailing list
Thu, 13 Mar 1997 21:14:47 -0500 (EST)
I am looking for the guide pin that bolts to the corner of the trans ('80) on which the shift rod rides, If you...
Re: transmission shifting
Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:06:41 -0400
...Then when you push down the shift to go into reverse, you > are bypassing those guides. > The next problem is often the rod that...
Re: Shift rod
Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
Mon, 8 Nov 2010 12:20:00 -0800
...Okay, I have a 1982 Vanagon with a 1982 shift rod front to back. The bushings in the joint between front and middle rod...
Re: I'm about to give up...
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:21:01 -0800
...at the shift rod where it passes through the guide bushing. You should have equal amounts of wear showing on the rod on both...
Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
Wed, 6 Apr 2016 19:28:40 -0700
The long rear shift linkage rod attaches to the side of the tranny through a guide bushing. The bushing is mounted in a plate...
Shift rod boot? and seats
Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
Thu, 22 Mar 2001 22:41:58 -0700
...Page 34.2 of Bentley (Vanagon) shows a picture of a shift rod boot just right of the guide ring. Is this the part...
Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
Wed, 6 Apr 2016 13:12:12 -0700
...I shortened up the shift rod by moving the front > shift rod further into the splines in the rear shift rod, but that didn...
Air Cooled/Diesel Vanagon shifter linkage
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Fri, 1 May 2009 08:44:26 -0400
...The parts we are getting together are the guide pin on the transmission, the shift rod on the side of the trans, the guide...
Re: transmission shifting
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:20:54 -0500
...Then when you push down the shift to go into reverse, > you > are bypassing those guides. > The next problem is often the rod that...
Re: linkage woes
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 6 Aug 2002 18:14:17 -0700
...Back at the tranny there is a solid guide rod that bolts to the tranny. This rod tends to get bent at some point...
Re: Can an 091 trans be installed in place of an 091/1
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 2 Jul 2014 11:56:42 -0700
...As far as the shifter stuff, all you really need is the early rear shift rod and guide pin. Then adapt that to the...
Re: heck-uva time realighning shift linkage
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:24:48 -0800
...If the shift rod moves back and forth it can only be because the guide pin (bolt) is now bent. Mark Daniel Stevens wrote...
Re: shift linkage concept question
Historical mailing list - Daniel Dix
Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:04:12 -0800
...These include the shift lever relay with two balls attached (251-71131) and the guide pin with guide ring that keeps the shift rod...
Re: Shift rod
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 8 Nov 2010 13:39:43 -0800
...Shift rod > Hi Scott, > > Oops, mixed years and models. > > Okay, I have a 1982 Vanagon with a 1982 shift rod front to back. The...
Front Shift rod
Historical mailing list - Art Jury
Sun, 16 Mar 2014 15:52:59 -0700
...Working my way through the shifter in my manual transmission. The right (passenger side) metal arm is broken off (not the plastic guide, though...
Re: Shifter clik
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:15:13 -0700
...They hold a shift guide in place. The guide is aluminum and subject to wear so it is replaceable. Mark David Bjorkman wrote: > I...
Re: heck-uva time realighning shift linkage
Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
Thu, 16 Feb 2006 23:05:27 -0600
...If the shift rod moves back > and forth it can only be because the guide pin (bolt) is now bent. > > Mark > > Daniel Stevens wrote...
Re: transmission shifting
Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
Tue, 18 Oct 2005 05:16:58 -0700
...Then when you push down the shift to go into reverse, > you > are bypassing those guides. > The next problem is often the rod that...
Need a couple of part #'s, please.
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:29:27 -0700
...1)The boot or bellows that covers the guide pin/rear shift rod junction 2)The boot or bellows that goes between the relay...
Re: Shift rod
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 8 Nov 2010 15:49:44 -0800
...But for now I'd like to match up the front of the later > shift rod with the back third of the early rod...
Re: I'm about to give up...
Historical mailing list - zolo
Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:23:24 -0800
...at the shift rod where it passes > through the guide bushing. You should have equal amounts of wear showing > on the rod on both...
Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
Wed, 6 Apr 2016 18:31:58 -0700
Jon, that's what I was trying to do when I shortened the overall shift rod: I loosened the pinch clamp and pushed the...
Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
Historical mailing list - Jon VonOhlsen
Thu, 7 Apr 2016 09:24:12 -0600
...I shortened up the shift rod by moving the >>> front >>> shift rod further into the splines in the rear shift rod, but that didn...
Re: vanagon with ticco engine/vibrations
Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
Wed, 26 Feb 2003 19:13:35 -0600
...shifter rod which engage the little 1st/2nd/3rd/4th gear guide (this is in the box covering the joint with the vertical shift...
Re: Hard Shifting..sometimes
Historical mailing list
Fri, 9 Jun 1995 09:54:05 -0700
...the shift rod, and worn or missing guide sleeves in the tunnel. Worn pilot bearings should sound bad (squeal) and may affect shifting, but...
Re: Manual Shifter Woes
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 21 May 2010 12:17:37 -0700
...If that plastic missing, not sure how it would affect shifting into reverse. IIRC, I ended up putting a vicegrip on front rod, moved...
Re: transmission shifting
Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:11:51 -0400
...Then when you push down the shift to go into reverse, > > you > > are bypassing those guides. > > The next problem is often the rod that...
Just something that might be helpful...
Historical mailing list - Joe Denison
Wed, 8 Apr 1998 22:14:33 -0700
...I recently had the retaining ring on the rear shift rod break where it connected to the shift guide rod {that 4" long piece...
Re: Unprecise gearshift on Caravelle Bus 1982
Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
Fri, 21 May 2004 05:58:14 -0700
...guide pin. I ended up using a section of an old bicycle tire tube and some zip ties. Looks good so far. Shift on...
Re: Can an 091 trans be installed in place of an 091/1
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Wed, 2 Jul 2014 12:16:19 -0700
...As > far as the shifter stuff, all you really need is the early rear shift rod > and guide pin. Then adapt that to the...
Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 6 Apr 2016 16:39:13 -0500
...I shortened up the shift rod by moving the >> front >> shift rod further into the splines in the rear shift rod, but that didn...
Re: transmission shifting
Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:42:52 -0700
...Then when you push down the shift to go into reverse, > > you > > are bypassing those guides. > > The next problem is often the rod that...
Re: Tranny swap: All Forward Gears too High.
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:22:19 -0800
...The bent guide pin was bent. I figure I reinstalled it angled down which lowered box on end of shift rod away from the...
Re: Front Shift rod
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Sun, 16 Mar 2014 19:55:23 -0400
...Working my way through the shifter in my manual transmission. > > The right (passenger side) metal arm is broken off (not the plastic guide, > though...
Making it shift like new
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:50:21 -0500
...All this required that I take nothing apart in the length of the shift rod, so there was nothing to adjust when I got...
Re: Manual Shifter Woes
Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
Fri, 21 May 2010 14:34:12 -0500
...I'm following the Bentley procedure to align the shifter. I > am > > missing a plastic tab on the front shift rod, but didn't...
Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
Thu, 7 Apr 2016 09:35:25 -0700
...I shortened up the shift rod by moving the >>>> front >>>> shift rod further into the splines in the rear shift rod, but that >>>> didn...
Re: noisy shifting
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:40:01 -0600
...No problems there. >> I'm thinking the bushings for the shift rod where it runs through the >> frame. >> >> Is there anything easier to fix...
Re: Shifter Rattle (Was: Re: shift lever adjustment)
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sat, 17 Jul 1999 11:40:48 -0700
...shift lever adjustment) > > > I think that the cause of the sound may be the plastic covered guides at > > the front of the shift rod...
Re: vanagon with ticco engine/vibrations
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Thu, 27 Feb 2003 05:43:43 +0000
...shifter rod which >engage the little 1st/2nd/3rd/4th gear guide (this is in the box covering >the joint with the vertical shift...
Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Wed, 6 Apr 2016 12:57:43 -1000
...I shortened up the shift rod by moving the >>> front >>> shift rod further into the splines in the rear shift rod, but that didn...
Re: $#%&*!@ Shifter! Or, Zen and the Art of Hitting Reverse
Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
Sat, 22 Jul 1995 13:50:58 -0600 (MDT)
...One thing I had a problem with was the guide ring on the shaft that protrudes from the tranny into the shift rod that...
Doka needs help...
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Thu, 21 Dec 2017 11:05:41 -0800
...it seems to me the shift rod (the long one going from front to rear) is a one piece one, no linkage in the...
Re: Shift guide boot
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Wed, 5 Jan 2011 20:18:13 -0500
...full shift linkage for my 1982 and lubricated >everything with the specified moly grease. At the transmission end I >covered the guidepin with a...
Re: Manual Shifter Woes
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 21 May 2010 17:49:55 -0700
...I'm following the Bentley procedure to align the shifter. > I > > am > > > missing a plastic tab on the front shift rod, but didn't...
Re: ..... Can't get first or second gear.
Historical mailing list - Ben
Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:47:07 -0800
...Or it could be worn linkage parts such as the guides in the box under the floor or plastic ears on the shift rod...