Re: "Sticking" gears????

[kdbinney@juno.com (Kyle D Binney)]

OK , I was reading a bit in a manual last night cause I was bored (yup,
Im a geek) and read about selector shaft and fifth gear lockout
adjustment.  It really didnt get into what they were but from what I
gathered it was kinda what is mentioned here, ease of going into gear
etc.  So does anybody know for real what it is?  Does it matter in this
case?  I would like to know more about it anyway.

Kyle

On Thu, 22 May 1997 13:52:39 -0500 (CDT) Ilias Glavinas
<eg1@ee.wustl.edu> writes:
>
>I put in a used 4K tranny in my 85 back in February. The guy I bought 
>it 
>from (for $220) said it was off a an 84 GTI and had 80K only and he 
>drove 
>it before he took it off the car. I really doubt that, as the round 
>posts of the shift linkage (that the plastic ends of the small arms 
>snap 
>around) had a lot of rust on them. That tells me right there that the 
>car 
>had not been driven recently. 
>
>Anyway, I put it on, and it has produced no problems except it was 
>kind 
>of hard to take it out of 3rd or 5th (really mild, but I could feel 
>it). 
>Then, the last 3-4 weeks with the temperatures rising, there have been 
>
>instances where I have to really pull hard on the shift lever to take 
>it 
>out of 1st. It feels almost as if I am not depressing the clutch 
>(which 
>of course I am, all the way). If I pull it hard it comes out and it is 
>
>ok. This symptom occurs about 2-3 times a week now. I have been told 
>it 
>might be the adjustment of the clutch cable. I have adjusted it but 
>have 
>seen no improvement. The only thing that might be the culprit there is 
>
>the fact that I am using an 84 Jetta cable, which is slightly shorter 
>than the 85 Scirocco cable (long story about why I have to use that 
>cable). Still, there is a slight play at the pedal, and a slight play 
>at 
>the selector lever on the tranny, as there should be. I doubt that is 
>my 
>problem. 
>
>Is this "sticking" of the gears a symptom that has been seen before? 
>What 
>am I to do. I am already thinking about emailing the guy who gave me 
>the 
>tranny and complaining to him. 
>
>
>Ilias
>
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