[Vwdiesel] 1992 shift linkage, A2 Jetta diesel 5 speed
Roger Brown
r.c.brown at ieee.org
Tue Jan 2 14:42:00 EST 2007
82 Diesel Westy wrote:
> OK, made some progress on my "never having free time"
> project car.
>
> I removed all the shifter linkage and replaced all
> bushings, what a messy job, but it looks great now
> that it is all cleaned up. This car has 181K on it,
> so it needed these bushing for sure.
>
> Removed the bracket from the steering rack, finding
> (1) 13mm and (2) 1/2" bolts. Then I see stamped on
> the rack, "Made in USA" so obviosly a re-man rack was
> installed at some point on this car.
>
> Drilled out the 2 rivits to replace the shift rod
> orange bushing and installed new rivits.
>
> *******************
> What do I need to change at the other end of the shift
> rod, under the shifter itself? The bushing kits I
> have do not seem to have the bushing for the rod going
> into the shifter box, but I have a few other bushing
> left over.
>
> Thanks, I do not have a good picture of this area
> exploded out and my Bentley is for 83-84TD Rabbit and
> Caddy.
>
> Bryan from NJ
I have some information on rebuilding that part of the linkage on my web page:
http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/ForSale/ShiftLinkage.shtml#FAQ9
--
Roger
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