Manual SI 4 cylinder gear shift mount plate

sdibbers

sdibbers

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hi all. So, the gear lever on my 2000TC has a lot of fire and aft slip but is fine in the side to side angle. There are two steel plates with bolts welded to them that go through the transmission tunnel to the aluminium plate below the ball and socket of the gear lever. I know there should be bushes there as I cannot tighten them enough to stop the plate and ball joint assembly from moving. Do the bushes go between the alloy plate and the inside of tunnel or between the nuts and the alloy plate?
 
Steven, i think that this plate should not be rigidly fixed to the tunnel. It should move along with the engine as it is connected with the engine / box with the angle iron steady.
However, if the bushes of the steady are worn they would allow excessive fore and aft movement. Of course it could be also that the accorn tip of the gearlever is worn out.
They tend to wear their front and rear sides rather than their left / right ones.
 
Demetris said:
Steven, i think that this plate should not be rigidly fixed to the tunnel. It should move along with the engine as it is connected with the engine / box with the angle iron steady.
However, if the bushes of the steady are worn they would allow excessive fore and aft movement. Of course it could be also that the accorn tip of the gearlever is worn out.
They tend to wear their front and rear sides rather than their left / right ones.
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Hi Demetris, Yep, that's what I found. I fashioned new bushes from rubber tubing with a thick wall section and some washers. Tunnel and gear shift plate are still isolated and iron feels pretty solid. First time during ownership that I don't need orangutan arms to select third! (Fortunately I do have orangutan arms, I was the only kid at school that could touch my kneecaps without bending).
Fitting of heat and sound insulation can now proceed again...
 
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