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| jkb944t |
 Sep 17 2018, 11:12 AM
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I have had a problem with engaging 1st gear ever since I have had this 914. I have already done all the bushings and rebuilt the transmission. I can easily engage all the other gears including reverse.
I really have to pull hard to the left and down to actually engage 1st gear. It feels like a linkage issue but reverse is very easy to engage so I am not sure that is the case. Does this just sound like a basic linkage adjustment issue? Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated. Jeff B |
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| gereed75 |
Sep 17 2018, 01:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,346 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Pittsburgh PA Member No.: 15,674 Region Association: North East States 
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one last suggestion - You may be hitting the end of the gear shift lever travel before the trans is completely engaged. The fix is to loosen the connection just behind the gear selector on the shift shaft. Shorten the shaft a bit and then retighten the coupler. This will give you a bit more pull on the shaft and thus a bit more travel on the actual gear selector back in the selector console before the shift lever travel hits the stops.
Worth a try. |
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| jkb944t |
Sep 17 2018, 08:44 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 17-January 05 From: Canton, OH Member No.: 3,459 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(gereed75 @ Sep 17 2018, 03:29 PM)  one last suggestion - You may be hitting the end of the gear shift lever travel before the trans is completely engaged. The fix is to loosen the connection just behind the gear selector on the shift shaft. Shorten the shaft a bit and then retighten the coupler. This will give you a bit more pull on the shaft and thus a bit more travel on the actual gear selector back in the selector console before the shift lever travel hits the stops. Worth a try. This suggestion makes sense to me since it does feel like the linkage is binding. I will give your suggestion a try this weekend. Jeff B |
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