Re: Oh No, problem shifting WOHOO problem found

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

Shift bushing kits are about 6$ US; and yes the bushing is in that kit. Do 
them all when you do it. HTH

From: Captnbr@aol.com
>To: scirocco-L@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Oh No, problem shifting WOHOO problem found
>Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 18:16:34 EDT
>
>OK, so I was inspecting the linkage for like an hour having my buddy shift
>back and forth and I finally found the problem. There is this large bushing
>underneath the car just in front of the Cat. underneath the downpipe.  The
>picture in the bently does not quite match what I saw on my car, but it
>appears to be the main shift rod bearing.  Well it was shot and all 
>crumbling
>into little pieces and was not allowing the leverage needed to select 1st
>gear. I am surprised all the other gears worked.  So I temp fixed it by
>shoving cloth in the area where the bearing used to be.  I just need to
>figure out if it is part of the metal bracket or does this bearing/bushing
>just pop inand out, does not look to hard to fix though.  Thanks for all of
>the imput.
>
>Brian 86 16v
>
>Brian 86 16v
>
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Chris DeLong
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