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bufflars12 · Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 21 Location: ny, 10923

ok i searched this forum first to see if i could find and anser, but i could not find one. i am new to the porsche scene. i have a 84 944 and the shifter is very loose. it engadges into gear, but when in gear can be moved from side to side. it doesnt pop ou tof gear opr anything
i took the center console off to see if i can tighten andything but there is nothing there. anyone know how to tighten this up or what is wrong?
thanks

garyj19 · Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 226 Location: Connecticut

The shift lever is conencted to the torque tube with a special bracket, which is what the shift elver pivots on, and if it is out of the bracket it may move back and forth.

i may be wrong, but its just a thought.
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Paul · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:15 am Post subject:

Pull up the shifter boot and pull the shifter rod off of the shifter lever and you will probably find that the pin on the lever is no longer round. This causes the rod to be loose and cause sloppy shifting.

Most people buy a new shifter lever, but some of us have cut the old pin off, drilled a new hole, and installed a new pin.
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Smoothie · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:27 am Post subject:

If the pin is worn and you want to do a refurb look here - http://www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=18424
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bufflars12 · Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 21 Location: ny, 10923

thanks alot for all your help guys

bufflars12 · Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 21 Location: ny, 10923

ok i tried all these things, and it seems that the shifter istealf is not the problem. iwas reading about a bushing for the transaxle? when i took everything off i could see that it was coming from the tranny itsefl. could it be just the worn bushing? how hard is it to get to this. and is it difficult to drop the tranny if needed (muy father has done this on other veichles but is leary about this one)thanks for all the help

garyj19 · Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 226 Location: Connecticut

oh it is not a fun job dropping it, but that is a very good way to see the shift linkage. To drop the tranny, you must go through a whole procedure, disconnecting EVERYTHING (look in haynes). I just went through all of that. What may be the problem is not a worn bushing, but actually something not connected, becuase i think that even if a bushing is worn, it couldnt be worn enough to cause the shifter to move that much.

so you could try moving all the parts around on top of the tranny to see if anything is dosconnected, and depending on where it may be disconnected, it might be hard to get to.
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bufflars12 · Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 21 Location: ny, 10923

thanks man

garyj19 · Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 226 Location: Connecticut

no problem, keep us updated about it too.
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