Re: Shift Rod alignment

[<josiah@bork.hampshire.edu>]

Sounds like your feeling might be correct. You don't need a little tool,
but it's not easy. Having two people is nice. Just futz with it until you
get it right, imagining how it should be, etc... which way you'll have to
turn it to make it go further towards 1st gear... and so on and so forth.
	Good luck!
	-Josiah

On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, frank n. furter wrote:

> Ok, it's my fault...
> 
> My question is - the shift rod that goes from the
> bottom of the shifter to all the linkage components. 
> There is the l-shape piece near the engine, and the
> housing that the boot goes on under the shifter.  Are
> both those ends straight, or are they off-set?  I
> pulled the rod apart this weekend, and marked how ti
> was aligned before I took it apart, but when I took it
> apart my markings got obscured by lots of fun oil &
> grease (where IS it all coming from??).
> 
> Anyways, I put it all back together so both sides are
> paralell, but when I put the new shift assembly back
> inside the car it looks like it might need to go
> straight up & down on the far end (by the tranny) and
> maybe at a 12-15deg angle to connect to the shifter...
> 
> How is it supposed to be set up?  It'll really piss me
> off if I can't get my car into gear after coating
> myself with black crap 2 weekends in a row.... :)
> 
> Also, how hard is it to align the shift linkage?  Can I
> do it by feel or will I need the little alignment
> tool?
> 
> 
> Thanks as always.... 
> ===
> Mark
> 
> 87 Westfalia Gl
> 84 Scirocco 8v
> 
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