[T3] Rattling shifter (Jim Adney)

[Russ W]

On 2/1/2011 9:12 PM, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 1 Feb 2011 at 8:22, Richard Hamje wrote:
>
>> The rod gets a bit thinner toward the rear.  Pull the rod out the
>> front of the car until it's past the metal bracket under the shifter.
>> Remove the old plastic and the retaining ring.  Lube the rod and slide
>> the new plastic bushing over it from the rear.  If you have a helper,
>> have that person slide the rod back in while you guide it through the
>> bracket and then put the retaining ring around the tube.  Now puch the
>> tube all the way in until you get the bushing seated into the bracket.
>>   if you don't have a helper, put some tape over the bushing (and then
>> the ring) so it won't fall off (I failed to do this; the bushing fell
>> off into the tunnel and it took me an hour to retrieve it).
>> When the rod is full re-inserted and the bushing is in the bracket,
>> then the fun starts.  Spread the retaining ring and place it over the
>> bushing.  This is really hard to do - there isn't much room.
> I've never done this, but why can't you install the retaining ring
> over the bushing while it's just around the smaller portion of the
> shift rod. Then you could just slide the rod rearward and let the
> widening rod expand the bushing into place?
>
That is the way you are supposed to do it.

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Thanks,
Russ Wolfe
russw at classicvw.org