Gear Linkage Bolt

[harryskid 193]

On a resent rally the gear linkage bolt came undone and left us stranded. I am now thinking of tack welding said bolt or would it be better to try loctite it? Has anyone else come across this problem? This is on a 1900 gti using a 1600 box.

Harryskid

[welshpug 1,661]

depends which bolt you mean?

[harryskid 193]

depends which bolt you mean?

 

The one thats got a cap on it i think it 17 or 19mm. When it came undone the gear leaver just flooped around and left me stuck in 4th.

Harryskid

[DamirGTI 342]

The big one (21 or 22mm IIRC) on the subframe which holds "L" leaver ?

 

Well , mine loosens up a bit as well from time to time but never completely so that the whole leaver/selector system falls off ..

Heat from the exhaust might be the reason for this (that's for the cap on top on the screw) , i usually just nip up the screw a bit from time to time when i feel that the gear leaver becomes kinda sloppy .. but no reason you shouldn't try with some threadlocker there's various strength types and they're chemical/solvent resistant , though , i'm not sure about the temp. resistance (check Loctite or Permatex pdf's for more detail..)

.. anyway , should work me thinks

 

Damir

[welshpug 1,661]

I would only use threadlock on it personally, what may help a lot is to get a bush kit from Stew at BBM, its a pair of bronze top hat bushes with a ground sleeve and a replacement bolt instead of the plastic bushes and large shanked original items.

 

should remove a lot of play from the linkage and prove reliable.

[qwerty 9]

I would only use threadlock on it personally, what may help a lot is to get a bush kit from Stew at BBM, its a pair of bronze top hat bushes with a ground sleeve and a replacement bolt instead of the plastic bushes and large shanked original items.

 

should remove a lot of play from the linkage and prove reliable.

 

is this what you mean?

 

[harryskid 193]

I would only use threadlock on it personally, what may help a lot is to get a bush kit from Stew at BBM, its a pair of bronze top hat bushes with a ground sleeve and a replacement bolt instead of the plastic bushes and large shanked original items.

 

should remove a lot of play from the linkage and prove reliable.

 

I'll give that a try and if thats a picture of it the other chap posted it looks good.

Cheers

Harryskid