Gear linkage

[Guest]

Jon Mitchell of 9xx sent me his revised gear linkage.
Dreading things falling out and having the car off the road I approached the job with a bit of trepidation last night.

True to his word it took me precisely 10 minutes, and has transformed the feel of the gear change, and that without the brass bush in the connecting rod, which is even easier.

Such an easy fix, cant wait to finish it completely..

Thanks Jon[]

 

[Diver944]

Was this the bushing at the gearstick or the bit at the back on top of the gearbox?

 

[TTM]

ORIGINAL: Diver944
Was this the bushing at the gearstick

Funny that, I changed mine an hour ago.

I found myself replacing this only as the gearshift linkage itself looked as new. []

New vs old (95k miles) below :

 

[Guest]

It was the gear stick end, the section below the leather- rubber cap, which is bolted to the transmission tunnel.

It has a 10mm pin that wears to a dumbell shape - Jon does an exchange, he replaces the old pin with a nice shiny stainless steel element.

The bush fits into the section that goes back to the gearbox at the back, next job to do.

 

[944Turbo]

Jon Mitchell

http://www.9xx.co.uk/

Tony

 

[ChasR]

I'd be more inclined to look at the 968 linkage (if it fits) and modify a new gear shift lever as the Aussie guys did (jet951) as shown in the FAQ .

 

[awattam]

Answering my own question here....been doing a bit of research and it seems that all the 924/ 944 manual gear linkages are the same. The linkage for the 968 is different.

Now anyone got one they want to sell me? []

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Hi Alisdair there was a thread maybe in faqs about it a while ago - i know porscheshop od a short shift kit a a reasonable price
Mike

 

[edh]

Jon Mitchell does one - and you might get lucky with a s/h one from a breaker

It makes a huge difference to the shift - also worth replacing the lever / bush if you're doing it - there can be some looseness at that end, and the peg that connects the lever to the rod wears oval & will eventually start to rattle.

 

[ikillcopiers]

If you really want to go the whole hog Sean Buchanan posted a guide on here
a while ago on upgrading to use 968 bushings.

It's on my todo list!

I made a PDF for myself here for safe keeping.

This is all thanks to Sean, all I did was put the thread into a PDF.
A credit to the man for taking the time to take all the photos,
it's a great guide

 

[944 man]

Its usually where parts werent expected to wear and where they were supplied as one complete unit.

 

[Diver944]

Simply replacing with a new genuine gear linkage on the gearbox will sharpen up the gearchange by a huge margin. Jon M also does a new stick for the front with improved bearings to tighten it up even more. After that he also does two grades of quickshifter for the rear - roadshift and raceshift, that have even less movement at the gear lever.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

If you really want to go the whole hog Sean Buchanan posted a guide on here
a while ago on upgrading to use 968 bushings.

It's in the faqs...[&:]

 

[ikillcopiers]

If you really want to go the whole hog Sean Buchanan posted a guide on here
a while ago on upgrading to use 968 bushings.

It's in the faqs...[&:]

I wasn't too sure, saw the thread and just said I'd throw up the PDF.

I don't trust "the cloud" - I always like to have a copy myself []

 

[Copperman05]

I have had two short shift gear linkagas to my S2, the first appeared well made but was very stiff, not nice when ideally you want a smooth action, the second one came on the s/h box I had fitted and is better than the first.

As Paul says a new standard linkage may give a better feel overall compared to some of these short shift ones, however it may be just that you need to find one that is a good comprimise.

Edd

 

[Neil Haughey]

Agreed, this is what I have on my race car. A new replacement gearbox linkage is more then good enough. I used to find with a short shifter that if anything one could shift to quickly and this just unsettles the car, the standard shift mechanism (in new condition) I found just about perfect. Cheaper in terms of work required to buy complete new assembly from OPC as its literally minutes to install once in there.