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| posted on April 22nd, 2011 at 07:00 PM |
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New shifter bushing and coupler, no 3rd or 4th gears...
I replaced my shifter bushing and coupler today as i had a lot of slop in my gears. Now i can't shift into 3rd or 4th gears.
Also, 1st and 2nd gears are where 3rd and fourth should be, and there's lots of slop or "nothing" over where 1st and 2nd should be. Reverse works
but is sloppy.
This is my first time replacing the bushing and coupler so tell me if i've missed something while installing. I've got a 61 beetle, gear stick is
stock.
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| posted on April 22nd, 2011 at 07:10 PM |
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Did you put the plate under the shifter in the wrong way around ? Do you have to depress the gear lever to get reverse ? If not the I am thinking you
have it 180 degrees out.
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shokwave2
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| posted on April 22nd, 2011 at 07:12 PM |
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Shifter plate is the correct way, and reverse has to be depressed as usual to get into gear. Could a worn shifter plate cause these issues? Gears were
working fine before, although sloppy.
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| posted on April 22nd, 2011 at 08:45 PM |
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Have a read page 5 for the fitting instructions
http://www.csp-shop.de/technik/pdf/deeng/21574.pdf
Doesnt seem right though
You SURE plate is right way
Just try moving it round and see what happens??
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| posted on April 22nd, 2011 at 09:41 PM |
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probably one of those dodgy couplings , look closely at the coupling it may be turning at the shift rod end but not at the gearbox end ,its a common
issue with those couplings
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| posted on April 23rd, 2011 at 01:01 PM |
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Also the new couplers are pretty shite and the bush can move around within the cage. I cut and welded the cage so the bush is held snuggly. No slop
what so ever in mine now 
Also, if you can get reverse then you should have 1st n 2nd too so thats weird.
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| posted on April 23rd, 2011 at 01:41 PM |
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Try aligning the shifter, you may have it too far over to the left.
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| posted on April 23rd, 2011 at 02:40 PM |
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posted by Joel
Try aligning the shifter, you may have it too far over to the left.
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yeah you normally end up with reverse and 3rd / 4th and no 1st or 2nd if shifter out of line and plate fitted wrong.
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shokwave2
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| posted on April 23rd, 2011 at 05:02 PM |
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The coupler is the early style round black type, not the new red urethane type, but I also removed that and re-installed it just in case something
happened there while installing the first time.
I found an old shifter plate in the box of parts that came with my bug and replaced it with that. All gears now work, so i'm not sure if it was a
shifter plate issue or something else. And i finally got around to installing a quick shifter kit i had lying around.
Thanks for the replies everyone.
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