Gear adjustment

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Dawud
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Gear adjustment

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Can anybody advice on how to adjust gears? I've changed my bushes except for the big orange one and now I can't get any gears. :rant:

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BruTom used to sell these allignment tools IIRC

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marzbars wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:34 am BruTom used to sell these allignment tools IIRC

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Hi, Can anyone tell me where i can find this tool in Cape Town? :hijack:
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Fappas wrote:
marzbars wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:34 am BruTom used to sell these allignment tools IIRC

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Hi, Can anyone tell me where i can find this tool in Cape Town? :hijack:
That tool is for MK2.

MK1 can be done DIY but it takes two people and some trial and error.

Get another person to hold the gear lever still at the middle and perpendicular to the body, measured at the base. Loosen the pinch bolt under the steering rack and shake the selector lever on the gearbox into neutral. Tighten the pinch bolt on the gear selector shaft.

If you still don't have gears then you have caked something up. Recheck your work.

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