Can't find reverse any more.

[DaveDreads]

Today I discovered that the gear stick can no longer find reverse.

I've recently fitted uprated engine and gearbox mounts and it's got harder and harder to select 1st,
it just wont go in at all, it usually finds 3rd instead of 1st.

So the other day I discovered that if I lift the reverse nob I can get it in 1st with ease,
but when I started to try and select reverse it would sometimes jump to the right and engage 1st.

Today it would not select reverse at all, no matter how far over I push the stick,
it flicks to the right and locks into 1st every time.

Today me and DCIRaz loosened the engine mount and pushed the engine as far back as it would go,
when we fitted the new mounts we pulled the engine forwards, so we thought that maybe we made the linkage too tight by moving it,
but pushing the engine back didn't help with finding reverse.

I know it's more than likely selector arm/linkage related, but i've no clue how it should be adjusted,
it won't be me doing the adjusting but I thought i'd ask so when Raz's mate gets it up on his lift,
he's got the exact instructions on the best way to go about it.

I'm sure he'll know how to do it, but I just thought i'd get the collective knowledge of CS
for when i'm there.

Cheers.

 

[Bluebeard]

I had roast Gammon for tea.

 

[crombie1]

Just slacken the bolt on the selector rod with the car in nuteral. Centre the gear stick and tighten back up. Same happened to my rb after fitting a powerflex dogbone

 

[DaveDreads]

I had roast Gammon for tea.

Brilliant.........you're a dick. lol

Just slacken the bolt on the selector rod with the car in nuteral. Centre the gear stick and tighten back up. Same happened to my rb after fitting a powerflex dogbone

Ok nice one mate.

 

[mharvey]

Just slacken the bolt on the selector rod with the car in nuteral. Centre the gear stick and tighten back up. Same happened to my rb after fitting a powerflex dogbone

As above, I struggled to get it quite right at first and fiddled a lot, I put the box in first to do it though. Also my linkage was fouling in the heat shield so check that out while you're at it mate.

 

[DaveDreads]

Ok will do, i'm really not a fan of Clio's atm. :dapprove:

 

[sinnie92]

I had roast Gammon for tea.

if this forum had a like button, i would be clicking it right now...

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

LOL @ Dan .

On a serious note tho, do we just undo the 13mm linkage bolt and retighten with ie dave sat in the car holding it dead central in neautral?

 

[mharvey]

Yeah mate that's right. Do not over tighten that bolt though as you'll crush the ?sleeve? and it won't go far enough on though but otherwise it's that simple, would be loads easier doing that, I tried to do it myself lol kept going back and forth till I got it right :s

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

all is good then. dave remind me not to tighten the nut/bolt up to much

 

[DaveDreads]

You are f*cking heavy handed sometimes lol.

I just hope it friggin' works, you take reverse for granted until you don't have it.

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

lol , i will not bring my bumper into this argument!

i didnt snapp a bolt doing the mounts did i.... oh wait , i pulled the gearbox mount off whilst you was being a panzy on cs.net

 

[DaveDreads]

Haha, no you didn't snap a bolt,
but you did 'support' the engine so much that the engine mount committed suicide
and the whole chassis dropped down a good 6 inches. lol

In fact I had to stop you getting jack happy today,
as all we needed was a torque wrench.

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

f*cking lol, yours hasnt got that peice of string mine has :rasp:

hahaha, first 'tool' out the boot.... the jack, oh wait the first tool got out the car....

 

[MWRS182]

Roast gammon lol awesome!

 

[DannyR]

Bet you've put the lower read gearbox mount bolt back in the wrong way so selector rod is hitting?

I did that!

 

[DaveDreads]

As far as I can tell the upper gearbox mount is symmetrical though?

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

we didnt touch the lower gearbox mount bolt. we only changed both engine and gearbox top mounts
:S

im confused lol

 

[Dan@SJM]

Dogbone mount he is on about.

 

[DaveDreads]

That's a Powerflex mount aswel and was fitted last year by Dan@519 when the box was replaced,
highly doubt it's that seeing as i've had no issues until these last two weeks.