I tell ya what - I just replaced the underside
shifterboot on my scirocco, and I noticed kinda the
same thing.  The new rubber boot isn't nearly as
flexible as the old one, so now I get a little bit of
resistance when I shift... kinda makes a funny noise
when I shift too...

--- Wolfgang Carolsfeld <wolfgang@ISLAND.NET> wrote:
> Hi Bill .
>
> I replaced the missing and broken boots on my ' 87
> Syncro and am now
> wondering if I should have.
> I think they are just dust covers, although if they
> are there it wouldn't
> hurt to have a little extra grease on the linkages.
> They slip on over the
> length of the shift rods so are a bit awkward. I
> seem to remember driving a
> pin out of the rearmost vertical cup attached to the
> linkage shaft there
> and unclamping the middle joint, which you need to
> do anyway to align the
> shifter as per Bentley. and yes you can hold the
> outer ends with clamps.
>
> In subzero weather on bumpy roads ie. washboard etc.
> of a gravel road,  I
> now find that the shifter will pull out of gear by
> the vibrations, and I'm
> assuming its because of the rubber boots. They are
> stiff due to the cold
> and resisting being compressed as required to shift
> into gear. with a few
> bumps the compressed boot expands and pushes my easy
> to shift van into
> neutral.
>
> Has anybody else with intact shifter linkage boots
> experienced this
> scenario ?
>
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> On 4/20/99, at 11:40 AM, Davidson wrote:
>
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> >Poster:       Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
> >Subject:      shift linkage boots
>
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> >
> >I was under my 90 Westy Syncro and saw that the
> second boot along the
> >linkage from the transmission is cut up. The other
> boots (there are
> several)
> >are loose and expose areas that seem like the boots
> were supposed to
> cover.
> >Questions:
> >Are these boots supposed to hold greese like a CV
> boot?
> >Are they supposed to have clamps on them?
> >Or are they just meant to be dust covers?
> >How do I go about doing this job?
> >Thanks in advance,
> >Bill
> >90 Westy Syncro
>
> =================
> Wolfgang  Carolsfeld
> wolfgang@island.net
>

===
Mark

87 Westfalia Gl
84 Scirocco 8v

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