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Gear Stick Flop

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:26 pm
by MD4x4
Guys,

I test drove a diesel gq today and the gearstick seamed to move side to side even though it was in gear?

What do you think the problem is?

Regards

MD

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:39 pm
by GQ Bear
There's a little plastic bush which snaps onto the ball at the end of the stick. It may have been missing this bush. Don't know for sure, just hazarding a guess.

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:54 pm
by Potter
is this the same with a GU?
anyone have a part number?

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:25 pm
by GM
I have not got the part no. But its not expencive and its easy to fit so dont stress about it.BUT for that bush to be stuffed that car has done a fair bit of work so dont get ripped off when buying it

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:48 am
by GQ Bear
It could be there but not 'snapped' into end of gear lever. Gearstick may have been removed to replace a clutch or something and not put back together quite right. the bush in question would cost no more than $10.
GM wrote:I have not got the part no. But its not expencive and its easy to fit so dont stress about it.BUT for that bush to be stuffed that car has done a fair bit of work so dont get ripped off when buying it
If it's broken i'd say it was just a faulty part. How can hard driving fcuk something that just works as a pivot point on the end of a gearstick. Must've been one cnt of a driver if it was


This is assuming of course that this is the problem. It was just my first thought to check this bush.

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:02 pm
by Spimon_NH
GQ Bear, I'm not sure GM meant it's necessarily been driven overly hard, just a LOT of movement (gear changes) will eventually wear out any moving part.

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:32 pm
by Chook350
not sure, but if similar to the cruiser boxs they have the plastic cup on the end of the shifter and a bush that the pivot sits on in the top case

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:19 pm
by leigh 2
it is the plastic bush l have had to change my before it from been to rough whif the gearstick lever.

l broken my at j7 but all good fun