gearshift linkage bolt??

lulu94 Wolfsburg Wizard

449 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 8 Dec 2007, 4:35 pm

#623944

how do I get the damned thing out??
type 3 with IRS, trying to remove motor and box, but the hardest part is getting the damned gear linkage off.

it seems to be an 8mm square headed bolt, so I cant even use any of my good sockets on the bloody thing.

anyone got suggestions, an oxy or similar is fairly much out of the question.

oh and its Ryan BTW not Danielle shes just logged in.

1968 pearl white beetle:kiss
1600 engine😉
soon to be supercharged 🤘🤘

1970 and 72 Squarebacks 70 soon to be rotor powered

Baja Wes V6 Baja Pioneer

3,119 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 8 Dec 2007, 5:11 pm

#623949

They normally aren't tight, so a spanner or shifter will do the trick. Just remember to remove the safety wire first 🙂

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13bwagon Officially Full-On Dubber

316 posts · joined Nov 2006 · 8 Dec 2007, 7:46 pm

#623963

yeah use an open ender that fit and make sure the wire is cut off

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lulu94 Wolfsburg Wizard

449 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 8 Dec 2007, 8:42 pm

#623967

hmm, we must have a tight one for some reason, pulled the lockwire off, and turning as hard as I can with an open ended spanner (being careful not to let it slip arond and ruin it all)

I gave it a good soak with WD so with a little luck it will come undone tomorrow with a bigger shifter.

1968 pearl white beetle:kiss
1600 engine😉
soon to be supercharged 🤘🤘

1970 and 72 Squarebacks 70 soon to be rotor powered

Baja Wes V6 Baja Pioneer

3,119 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 Dec 2007, 10:04 am

#623991

hit it on the head with a hammer a few times, if it doesn't help loosen any rust holding it in then at least it will make you feel better 🙂

Wes - www.offroadvw.net - 200HP Quad Cam V6 in a VW Baja - with climate control... 🙂
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lulu94 Wolfsburg Wizard

449 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 9 Dec 2007, 10:28 am

#623992

that sounds real good in theory wes, problem is, once I hit it, the head will probably get damaged and the bloody thing will never come out. and its not actually rusty, its fairly greasy looking in there.

1968 pearl white beetle:kiss
1600 engine😉
soon to be supercharged 🤘🤘

1970 and 72 Squarebacks 70 soon to be rotor powered

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 9 Dec 2007, 10:46 am

#623993

vice grips if it it gets damaged

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 Dec 2007, 6:09 pm

#624016

use a 3/8 inch extension and use the female end on the head of the square drive to undo it u can use a spanner or shifter on the male end EASY

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lulu94 Wolfsburg Wizard

449 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 10 Dec 2007, 7:42 pm

#624171

vw54 wrote:use a 3/8 inch extension and use the female end on the head of the square drive to undo it u can use a spanner or shifter on the male end EASY

3/8 would have been much too big, tried to think of anything with a 5/16 or 8mm internal square I could use, but no luck.

ended up getting it out with a big pair of vise grips clamped onto the head, then a shifter onto the vise grips to turn. once it was cracked, it came out easily by hand.

1968 pearl white beetle:kiss
1600 engine😉
soon to be supercharged 🤘🤘

1970 and 72 Squarebacks 70 soon to be rotor powered

greedy53 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,062 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 11 Dec 2007, 4:23 pm

#624266

heat it with a plumbers torch than dump cold water on that will snap all rust and break it free from whatever is holding it

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