Outer Limits 4x4 Board

was driving to work yesterday was finding it VERY FN difficult to get into the gears - when i was changing from 2nd to 1st slowing down for the lights i felt and heard a CRUNCH/BREAKING noise in the gear box and all of a sudden the gear stick was extremely loose!!!!

i adjusted the clutch cable and the clutch is fine, im still able to select gears fine but when im in gear the gear stick is able to move around alot



what the hell happened? something broke but dont know what...

i can still drive but theres alota movement with the gear stick - very loose



thanks, islandvit

Have you tryed removing the gearstick? You may of just destroyed the plastic shaft seat? You can buy replacement bushes,in brass or plastic. I just made a steel one. Wont break now But the shaft mite wear out!

nah not yet it broke last night hadta go to work this morning so i will pull the out an sus it out tonight

cost on that?

how did you make your steel bush?

its one thing after the other!!! brakes then tyres, then clutch now gear stick bushes....friggin vitara i swear sierras are the way to go

i got both vitara for on-road and a sierra for real stuff



so yeah i will have to pull it out n see wat happend down there.

thanks bluesuzy

dont forget about the positioning bolt that bolts in behind the gear stick. If this has also broken $6 to replace the bolt, dont be scared to pull the gear stick housing out if you cant get the bolt out in the car!.
Just make sure its in nuetral!!

Yes neutral! i had the problem of no gears and couldent work out why until a mech.mate showed me! phew!

Also i didnt realise u had a vitara, but it is probably a similar design as most suzuki stuff is!

I made the bush on a lathe/mill. Im a fitter/machinist easy 4 me, but probably harder 4 u

ha yeah probly easier to just buy the bush - i have taken on your information guys and will put to work this arvo


thanks, islandvit

Yeh if vits are the same as sierras then I will back the locating bolt behind the gear stick has snapped. Happened to mine but be carefully when your removing the stick that the little piece thats broken off doesn't fall into the gearbox like mine did. Lucky it rolled into the rear selector part of the box and I could get it back out with a magnetic screw driver........once I found the bloody thing.

Nev wrote:Yeh if vits are the same as sierras then I will back the locating bolt behind the gear stick has snapped. Happened to mine but be carefully when your removing the stick that the little piece thats broken off doesn't fall into the gearbox like mine did. Lucky it rolled into the rear selector part of the box and I could get it back out with a magnetic screw driver........once I found the bloody thing.

thats why you unbolt the whole gear stick housing with it lol