Gear linkage woes - anyone help?

[MarkCup]

After my run-in with a turn-in cone last weekend, I'm just about to stick the Cup on axle stands and get underneath.

Bloke in the pits said the same thing happened to him, and that the 'pinch-bolt' had been knocked causing the linkage to not line up properly or something. Trial and error fixed his.

Am I wasting my time or should I be able to get it sorted? At the moment it's stuck in 2nd gear, so at least I can drive it to Rentech to fix...am I likely to properly f*** it up meaning no gear and no ability to get it moving?

Thanks!

 

[SkidMarx]

Ideally you need the setting tool to do it properly, it can be done without it but it can take ages, you'l probably get all forward gears but no reverse, or you'll lose fifth etc.

The tool im talking about comes with new gearboxes, hard to explain what it looks like.

 

[MarkCup]

OK thanks, I'll give it a go.

Got it up, just about to delve in.

 

[MarkCup]

Well that's a load of b***cks. Kind of got all 5 but no reverse, and every now and then 3rd and 4th go AWOL for a bit.

Rentech it is then.

 

[SkidMarx]

Haha what did i tell ya! It can be done just a pain in the ass. with the right tool it takes 2 mins.

 

[Josh@Renparts]

never used a tool. one person to hold it in the centre of neutral and another to tighten the bolt, dead easy.

 

[MarkCup]

I tried that, over and over again for two hours.

Having taken it out for a proper spin I've got 1,3,4,5 and neutral perfect, but reverse is nowhere to be found

I'm going to watch Mike very closely when he fixes it.

 

[Rojer]

My friend one of the gearbox bolts snapped i think for the mounting or linkage and luckily the bolt didnt go into the gearbox.

 

[Matteh]

you need to undo it slightly and rotate the linkage click by click... if it gets worse, you're going the wrong way

 

[gaz_5103]

I never use the tool, usually is really easy to line up.

 

[MarkCup]

Click by click?

The bit I was adjusting had no clicks in its movement...it was just out from the actuating arm, rod and sleeve with a pinch-bolt that could (almost) freely rotate.

Have I missed something?

 

[Matteh]

oh, on the mk1 it has splines on the linkage.. assumed the mk2 would be similar