[DMCForum] Re: Shifter Problem

["therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>]

Same thing happened to me once. Except mine snapped in the middle of 
the housing projects, while taking a shortcut to the freeway. 
Washington & Down Wy.

Just unscrew the remaining portion of the bolt out, and screw a new 
one in. I was able to do with, with both wheels on ramps. It's 
cramped, so if clausterphobia is a problem, lift the front too. Just 
make certain that you grease the newly installed pivot bolt, and the 
corresponding bolts as well. That way, you'll lessen the chances of 
this happening again.

Before the new bolts were available from Hervy, I fashioned a nice 
ghetto replacement out of a grade * bolt, and a cut length of brake 
line. 

-Robert



--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxx> wrote:
> Section 4-2-0 #17 Pivot bolt #110183. Is this the normal bolt that 
> breaks because i see 2 other locations where there is a Pivot bolt 
#9 
> #105844?
> 
> #17 Pivot Bolt #110183 is what snapped on my car.
> 
> Mark V
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 7, 2005, at 12:24 PM, Marc Levy wrote:
> 
> > Long shot...  But maybe your pivot bolt is broken, and
> > the break is such that the shift linkage could have
> > popped off of the pivot, then back on..
> >
> > Either way, I would check the pivot bolt.
> >
> >
> > --- DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> I was coming to a turn and stopped and threw the car
> >> in 1st gear and
> >> then noticed the shifter felt funny. I drove a few
> >> feet pushed in the
> >> clutch and the shifter felt like it wasn't attached
> >> to the linkage. I
> >> let go of the clutch and let the car roll in 1st
> >> gear and tried to pull
> >> it out of first gear with out pushing in the clutch
> >> and i couldnt. The
> >> shifter moved everywhere it should like 2nd 3rd 4th
> >> and 5th but the
> >> tranny stayed in 1st gear and the shifter felt
> >> sloppy.
> >>
> >> I was a block away from home so i drove home. I got
> >> to my driveway and
> >> decided to see if reverse worked and it did so i
> >> backed into the
> >> driveway, stopped and noticed my shifter felt normal
> >> again and all of
> >> my gears were back when i shifted it.
> >>
> >> Does anybody know what could of happened?
> >>
> >> Mark V
> >>
> >>
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