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RicardoRJL1 · Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 8:29 am Post subject: Gear changes are a bit sloppy.

Well, after making some adjustments in the gear linkage and shift knob, I can select all gears without any issues, except I kinda feel that it's to hard sometimes or too sloppy, what could it be?
From the gearbox they can be selected nice and smoothly.

Thanks!
It's a 4 speed manual gearbox from a 924 '77

PD: Could it be the oil level?
PD2: A pic when I bought the reman. gearbox

CorsePerVita · Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 1992 Location: Redmond, Oregon

How's the linkage at the shifter itself?

Those things are notorious for wearing themselves down and then having a ton of slop. My '77 was that way. Ended up replacing the shifter, shimming it with a very very thin washer, and putting a new end clip on it to remove the slop.

Here's a really basic visual I made some time ago for 944online, and a sort of "cheap fix" if you can't immediately fix or replace the shifter, is to shim the end.

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RicardoRJL1 · Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 8:41 am Post subject:

To be honest, I haven't checked that...
The good part, I think I have a spare one from a 944 that was parted out.

Actually one of the issues it has is that sometimes, besides from beign hard, it's hard to engage gear, especially with reverse and first... 2,3,4 are fine...

CorsePerVita · Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 1992 Location: Redmond, Oregon

joemac · Joined: 22 Apr 2013 Posts: 44 Location: SE Pa.

Yup, my '77 was so worn that I had to sleeve it.
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MikeJinCO · Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 11:05 pm Post subject:

On mine the pin was football shaped. I drilled out the rod for nylon bushings and welded a 10mm bolt to the lever. There are several threads in the how to section.
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brealytrent · Joined: 28 Dec 2008 Posts: 414 Location: Goldsboro, NC

I looked at mine yesterday since I had it out of the car, and it is indeed a tad egg shaped. It appears this isn't the first time this has been an issue on my car however, as the pin appears to be a replacement as there are grind marks and some sloppy welding where it connects to the arm. In addition, the arm appears to have a little bit of curve to it like it got bent at one point. Never really felt that sloppy however. Still considering buying a new one though.
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