Re:shift boot - warning + shifty behavior solved

[Dave Head <dhead@sundial.net>]

At 01:33 PM 3/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Inside the leather shift boot is a rubber liner (at least on my car). Well,
>my rubber liner had ripped and was slowly disintegrating, depositing a
>handful of ground-up rubber all over the shifter linkage. Terrible mess. I'm
>not sure if it was doing any damage, but it sure as hell wasn't helping.

Interesting... Mine doesn't have one.

I did find that my 1-2 shifting problem was the same thing Mr. Martin had
found over 6 months ago on his tq - the front selector arm ball socket had
worn out, allowing the selector arm to drop down over the ball. The ball
socket and seal washer are replaceable (procedure in Bentley), and even more
importantly - available. Mine are on order.

I would highly recommend anyone doing a clutch job to inspect this and add
it in. For those in the 200K mile range, expect this problem to occur,
especially with lots of in town driving. If you suddenly find your car
refusing to shift into 1st or 2nd without significant left force application
(LHD only, Phil) - its easy to check. Get under the car, locate the arm
assembly (top left forward on tranny under the steering rack) and try
lifting it up...

If you need the part numbers let me know. You can also buy the entire arm
with the new parts fitted.


 
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