shifter play

[NOAHSR10]

on the highway yesterday when i shift into the next gear and the stick has about 2 inches of play from side to side when im in gear. Is that the shift forks? Would that be an internal transmission problem or sumthing wrong with the cables?

 

[PogiTSI]

2in? thats alot, theres a VFAQ on this. The end nut is loose inside the trans, Kinda like, the LAST nut to hold every thing together.

 

[pneumo]

Or it could be something wrong with the shifter inside the car. Maybe the nut that holds the shift lever came loose, or the plastic bushings broke up and fell out.

 

[NOAHSR10]

just took off the console today. seems like the tack weld that held the shifter onto that whole shifting "mechinism" broke loose.. probably from all that rough shifting