Sbgriffin
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- Jun 14, 2017
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Lewiston,
Idaho
So my 91 talon Tsi is having some shifter issues. Since I purchased it 10 months ago, it's been a little crunchy. And I've gone to great lengths to remedy this, which helped for a while. But now is almost unbearable. So it's mainly going into 1st and reverse. I've noticed that the shifter side to side movement seems off. It pulls back towards center even when in 1st. And I can move it back and forth a good 3inch when in most gears. Also I really have to pull hard left or right to go into 1st and reverse.
Here's a list of things I've done in the last 1000 miles. New clutch, pressure plate, throw out bearing, slave and master cylinder. Installed shifter base & cable bushings. I've flushed my transmission twice. Once with mt-90, and now running mt-85. I've bleed my clutch hydraulics about 5 times. Been messing with the shift cable adjustment and clutch rod adjustment several times (per vfaq's). Also have shimmed up my shifter pivot points, to take out slop.
So I'm sure my transmission synchro's aren't in perfect shape by any means. But I'm convinced it's my linkage, cables, and/or shifter assembly. It's like it's not getting enough side to side movement to go into 1st and reverse. And I don't think it should move that much while in gear? Anybody have any ideas that I haven't tried yet? Any help would be great, thanks.
Here's a list of things I've done in the last 1000 miles. New clutch, pressure plate, throw out bearing, slave and master cylinder. Installed shifter base & cable bushings. I've flushed my transmission twice. Once with mt-90, and now running mt-85. I've bleed my clutch hydraulics about 5 times. Been messing with the shift cable adjustment and clutch rod adjustment several times (per vfaq's). Also have shimmed up my shifter pivot points, to take out slop.
So I'm sure my transmission synchro's aren't in perfect shape by any means. But I'm convinced it's my linkage, cables, and/or shifter assembly. It's like it's not getting enough side to side movement to go into 1st and reverse. And I don't think it should move that much while in gear? Anybody have any ideas that I haven't tried yet? Any help would be great, thanks.