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23rd May 2018, 21:50 | #1 |
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manual gearbox gear selector
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on Monday I had difficulty selecting gear on my rover 75 tourer manual diesel,so today my friend and I had a look to see what was wrong took the battery and battery box off so we could see what was wrong there is excessive play in the gear stick and this made it difficult to select gear as I moved the gear stick from side to side my friend kept a eye on the gear selectors on the gearbox he noticed that one of the gear selectors had excessive play this selector has a nylon block on it and this nylon block moves the selector from side to side my friend asked if I still had the gearbox off of my old 75 he wanted to compare the two so I went and got my old gearbox I nearly had a hernia caring it and straight away you could see that there was very little play in my old gearbox and it looks like that the nylon block is either worn or damaged so the next job will be to remove the selector and change the nylon block only problem getting access to the push on fix to remove it and then the pivot pin I hope there will be enough space to remove this pivot pin can I buy this nylon block or does it mean I will have to make one all the best david |
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Mine also has a fair bit of play,so would like to find out the outcome to this myself.
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24th May 2018, 15:24 | #3 |
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Me too ! In my case , the quadrant or arm that the 2 cables attach to seems wobbly If you manage to take any photos doing this job , I'll be very interested The removal procedure is described in RAVE ( P 735 manual gearbox/repairs/oil seal- gear change rod, in my version ) but if you are after the nylon inserts to the caps on the cable ends then I suspect they are only available with the cables
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24th May 2018, 20:02 | #4 |
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no it is not the nylon bushes on the cables the cables connect to the gear selectors one selector Lifts and pushes the main gear selector on this there is a nylon bush and on mine this has worn if you look at a photo of a gearbox it is the U shaped selector and the nylon bush is on this selector tonight I tried an experiment I made a bush out of a piece of soft plastic and tried it there was no play at all so I need to find a more suitable material to make one I have just finished making a mould of the bush out of a tin drilled a hole then bent the tin around the bush to form a mould then I drilled a hole in a piece of wood to hold the drill solid then I put the drill into the wood and then placed the mould on the drill resting on the wood then I filled it with epoxy resin it is now hardening I shall let you know what happens I can take a photo of the selector but I don't know how to post the photos to this thread if someone can tell me how to do this I can then post the photos to this thread hope fully I will try and change this bush tomorrow weather permitting the problem that I have Is getting at the push on fix to get the selector off there is not mush room there but tonight I noticed that the back battery box bracket is bolted on so tomorrow I will take this bracket off to see if I can get at the push on fix if it breaks a bolt and nut will do the same job all the best david Last edited by david2000; 24th May 2018 at 21:24.. |
25th May 2018, 17:00 | #5 |
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This happened to me recently in my ZT. Just driving normally on a B road casually following another car and suddenly lost drive without real warning. Very flappy gear lever, but clutch pedal OK. On reflection I had noticed it getting slightly more difficult to select reverse, but put it down to the usual wear and tear on the clutch developing.
Currently at my friends for cable replacement, but he's spotted a collapsing engine mount which has probably aided the failure. BTW, to get the car home had to call out the RAC and patrolman already knew my friend and sang his praises!The bodge that got me 5 miles home then 5 miles further to my friends was to cover the nylon ball with a rubber glove and keep gear change down to a minimum. It worked! |
25th May 2018, 21:03 | #6 |
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today I replaced the nylon bush on the gear selector and now there is no excessive play in the gear stick and it now changes gear beautifully david |
26th May 2018, 09:11 | #7 |
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this morning I tried an experiment the spare gearbox I have I took the gear selector off and tried the nylon bush from my car on the spare gearbox and there was play in the bush I then took the selector off and I turned the bush 180 degrees and refitted the play was reduced so if anyone has this problem and does not have the tools to make a new bush then just take the bush off and turn it around david |
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