Re: [DML] Broken pivot bolt

[gmfm1@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi Mark,
When I read your comment below, I was wondering what side of the bed you got up on, till I got to the last line.
Yes it was the pivot bolt that broke in the shift linkage. I had spoken with the service manager, telling him that the linkage was out of adjustment because sometimes it just would not go into 1st & 2nd gears after coming to a stop. Their answer was to get an adjustable clutch link. I figured that they knew what they were talking about. They didn't. It broke on the GSP coming out of a toll plaza. Made up a make shift one from a bolt & a piece of brake line so that I could shift it and put it in the garage. No vendors had any at that time, not even Kpac so I ended up getting a replacement through the company that I worked for and their tech dept. I put it in and adjusted the cable about 1/16 th of an inch and have never had a problem since.

----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Levy 
Date: Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:04 am
Subject: [DML] Broken pivot bolt
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> Well, if you installed a Porsche 915 transmission like I did, 
> instead of using that awful Renault shift linkage design you 
> would not have that problem.
> 
> I installed a Porsche 915 in 2006, and have never had a problem 
> with the pivot bolt. My engineering is much better than 
> Renault, Lotus, or DeLorean, so do what I did or your car sucks.
> 
> While you are at it, might as well install the VQ35 engine too. 
> Get rid of that annoying fuel system, and ignition distributor. 
> I never have to replace my spark plug wires, and neither should 
> you!! What were they thinking?! Who uses spark plug wires!!!
> 
><In case you missed it, I am being sarcastic>
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 3/22/12, gmfm1@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > I was only towed off
> > the road once when I broke a bolt in the shifter and was
> > stuck in second gear. 
>


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