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| 75ninefourteen |
 Oct 26 2025, 01:47 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 3-October 25 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 29,016 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
I've read up on different posts and I am familiar with how to make adjustments to my shifter linkage. My question is around pressure/tension to shift out of first gear.
I'm to the point where I've adjusted linkage to get into each of the gears easily. Originally had an issue with not getting to first (kept popping out of gear). And all the gears but first shift back to neutral with minimal pressure except for first. First gear takes quite a bit of pressure to get back to neutral. Reverse is similar to all the other gears. All other gears give more of a "click" back to neutral where as 1st gear is more of a "thunk" with more pressure to get back. I have no frame of reference since my shift linkage was off when I bought the car. Should first gear back to neutral feel similar to the other gears or is what I described normal? I've already confirmed that the transmission is at the appropriate locations for each of the gears. And should mention that without the linkage attached I could put the transmission into any gear easily. In the meantime, I'm going to try to make slight tweaks to the shifter linkage to see if that makes a difference. Thanks in advance. |
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| infraredcalvin |
Oct 26 2025, 09:02 PM
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Distracted Member Group: Members Posts: 1,692 Joined: 25-August 08 From: Ladera Ranch, CA Member No.: 9,463 Region Association: Southern California 
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First should be a bit more pressure, but not much, there is a spring should be pushing it towards neutral (to the right), so you “miss” reverse, as soon as it slides out of gear it should pop over to the 2-3 plane…
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| porschetub |
Oct 26 2025, 11:19 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,950 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(infraredcalvin @ Oct 27 2025, 03:02 PM)  First should be a bit more pressure, but not much, there is a spring should be pushing it towards neutral (to the right), so you “miss” reverse, as soon as it slides out of gear it should pop over to the 2-3 plane… I find not to use 1st except to move forward from a standstill ,when coming to a stop I stay in 2nd ,then select first ready to move off again ,these transmissions are rather basic and 1st gear is fragile and generally many have worn parts in that gear from my research ,take it the way you like as opinion only ?. Every part of the shifter and the rod to the gearbox needs to be up to spec otherwise it won't come together with this somewhat flawed system. Cheers. |
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75ninefourteen 1st gear shifter adjustment Oct 26 2025, 01:47 PM
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