Tranny problems?

[Wallace White]

Stephane -

So you're familiar with the way those two connecting rods work (I take
it you did the clutch yourself)? I'll go into a little detail for sake
of the list and to make sure we're on the same page.

The "push rod" connects the base or socket of the shifter to a static
point on the transmission. The "shift rod" connects several inches up
the shifter itself to the shift lever on the tranny. The push rod just
references the shifter's motion. Page 34.6 in the Bentley has a good
diagram.

Each of these rods has a front half and a back half, joined by a clamp.
One of these (I think the push rod's) got loose on my car. The
easy-shifting gears like 3rd and 4th continued to behave fine, but the
worn gears (esp. reverse) required more force than the clamp would
transmit, so the shifter base would move instead. You could tell that
the shifter was moving in a different geometry than usual.

To align things, the Bentley suggests loosening everything, centering
the shifter (with special tool #3048 or special spouse #1), and
retightening. Then you just check that the full range of shifting is
permitted and that the overtravel is equal to both sides.

It doesn't sound like this is the case on your car, though...

- Wallace
   '87 5kcstq 197k

Livolsi, Stephane wrote:
> Hi Wallace.  This post of yours interests me, because I did the clutch in my
> 86 5ktq last fall and ever since, I have been having trouble shifting.  I
> replaced my tranny lube with synthetic GL4 with only slight improvement
> (mostly sound, actually - it is much quieter now but still hard to shift in
> 1, 2 and 3rd)
>
> I know the clamp on the linkage that you are talking about, but how exactly
> do you line them up? How do you know where to tighten the clamp?
>
> Any info would be greatly appreciated.  Maybe reply to the list for the
> archives.
>
> Stephane
>
>
>>----------
>>From: 	Wallace White[SMTP:wallace at stanfordalumni.org]
>>Sent: 	February 4, 2003 9:39 AM
>>To: 	Robert Myers
>>Cc: 	s-car-list at audifans.com; Quattro list
>>Subject: 	Re: Tranny problems?
>>
>>Bob -
>>
>>Like Brett and Greg, I had this problem because of a loose clamp between
>>the front and back sections of the link that connects the shifter to the
>>tranny. In my case, a mechanic had liberally applied anti-seize a few
>>months previously while replacing the clutch.
>>
>>On my 5k, it was no big deal to fix. With the car jacked up, you could
>>access the clamp from below, around the side of the tranny IIRC. You
>>just need another person to hold the shift knob in place as you tighten
>>the clamp, to properly align things.
>>
>>- Wallace
>>   '87 5kcstq 197k