Factory shift adjustment - play when in 5th gear??
 

The Factory 915 shift adjustment calls for you to:

Place lower portion of the gear lever vertical in neutral and against the 1-2 side of transmission shifter housing.

Then with the coupler pinch bolt loose - rotate the couple and shift rod (part that goes in trans) to the passenger side and tighten pinch bolt.

Make sure it gets all gears and then place in 5th.

Next it says there should be a little bit of rotational play in the shift rod/coupler when in 5th.

I dont have any rotational play in 5th???

We have installed a seine gate shift and a wevo PSJ. I am "disabling" the Seine spring loaded portion when I do the adjustment. Also ball cup bushing and shift rod bushing (behind shifter) replaced.

I did some searching and read several adjustment threads but did not see the "play" questions addressed.

Does the PSJ make it so there would be no rotational play in 5th?

Car seems to shift great?

Erik,
See your PM.

Sherwood

I am interested in this info also. hard to get into gear 1-2 sometimes..

Sorry for the hijack

No problem. Here's one:
I suggest setting it up as though our Gate Shift kit isn't installed. IOW, like the factory setup. The shift lever should be vertical while in the neutral position. That way, there is equal lever travel from N toward the forward facing gears (1-3-5) and from N toward the aft facing gears (2-4-R).

I believe the following comes from the factory repair manual:

Place the gear shift in neutral.

Remove the four Philips head screws holding down the access cover, which is carpet covered in later cars.

(1) Loosen the shift rod clamp. Turn shift rod for selector shaft to the right in neutral position (seen in direction of driving).

The shift rod clamp has the type of bolt which can be loosened and tightened with a wrench. The shift rod for selector shaft comes out of the transmission and has a small yoke/universal joint attached to its end secured with an allen wrench tightened set screw. Do not loosen the set screw. Rotate the yoke around to the right in a clockwise direction to its stop as seen in the direction of driving, ie: looking toward the front of the car. The front gearshift rod clamp remains loosened as you rotate the coupling still secured to the shaft coming forward from the transmission. You are turning the shaft coming forward through the dust boot from the transmission with the coupling on its end. Sorry to be so wordy . . . but there is a nice photograph with an arrow curling to the right in the shop manual.

(2) Move gearshift lever in neutral to the point where the lower part of the shift lever is positioned vertically and touching the left stop."

Pull up the rubber boot to be able to see the lower part of the shift lever in the tower up in front of the seats. With the shift lever in neutral against the 1st & 2nd gear stop to the left, the bottom of the shift lever before the bend in the lever should be straight up and down.

(3) Lightly tighten the shift rod clamp.

Tighten the bolt on the clamp forward of the yoke assembly with an end wrench. Make certain the yoke is still turned fully clockwise to the right.

(4) Check if equally long travel is evident in gears 1 thru 4, and 5th and reverse gears can be easily engaged. Correct the adjustment if necessary.

(5) Torque clamp nut to specifications.

No idea what the torque setting is or if you could even get a torque wrench down in that hole! Just tighten the bolt snug.

(6) Shift into 5th gear. With the dust boot at the shift rod coupling pushed back, check selector shaft for rotational play. A definite amount of pay must be in evidence.

The dust boot seals the back of the transmission tunnel inside the car where the transmissions shift rod enters from the outside transmission under the car. It is supposed to keeps road dirt, leaking oil, cold air, etc. out of the inside tunnel between the seats.

S