shifter rebuild-aftermarket

[Brian Devlin]

It was the ball end a ball and socket. A cast iron collar goes around
the selector shaft on the tranny, and the ball is stainless steel and
goes into a rubber bushing in the shift linkage. The two pieces tends
to separate and don't weld up easily because of the types of metal
used. So the dealer gets $50 for half a pound of cheap metal.
-Brian

>Was that expensive chunk of metal called a connecting rod and have
>rubber things on either end of it and was adjustable in length?  That's
>one of the pieces I got for my linkage rebuild (which hasn't been done
>yet).
>
>Aaron
>'86 4kq (waiting to be de-chunkified)
>www.lehigh.edu/~amsk
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com] On
>Behalf Of Brian Devlin
>Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 6:47 PM
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: shifter rebuild-aftermarket
>
>Oh thank you, we're happy to help.
>
>What kind of car do you have?
>
>My 4kq required a small expensive chunk of metal on the end of the
>selector shaft. Made all the difference in the world. I got it from
>the dealer and was not happy with the price, but it's been working
>great for 4 years or so.
>-Brian
>
>>Lovely List!!
>>   Lately my linkage has been really floppy.  my mec. looked at it and
>>informed me it was broken up pretty bad. the circular bushing is shot,
>>and mentioned some more stuff inside was broken up.  sooo, does a
>>rebuild kit exist?  aftermarket?  or do i just need dealers parts?
>>well thank you!