Re: [DML] Broken Shift Linkage

[Marc A Levy <malevy@xxxx>]

Cable? It has been some time since I worked on this area of the car,
but as I recall the DeLorean uses a rod shifter.

I had a shift failure a few years back, where I went to shift and heard
a loud bang. The stick became very loose and I could not shift. After
the car was towed home, I got under it and found that the pivot bolt on
the shift linkage had snapped. I got a new bolt at Pep Boys, and used
some washers to try and simulate the shoulder on the stock bolt. It got
the car back up and running. Then a call to PJ grady for a new
"correct" bolt with the shoulder.

I was lucky, as the bolt broke such that I could get it out easily.


Robert Rooney wrote:
> 
> On the way home in traffic today I had problems shifting from 1st
> gear into second. I've had this problem before, and I've cured it by
> spraying the shift linkage with WD-40 to lubricate it. For the past
> week the problem appeared to have returned, but I hadn't had time yet
> to lube everything. Anyhow, it got to the point where I was unable to
> shift from 1st to 2nd at all. While accelerating from a stop this
> happened again, so I used a bit more force to get it into 2nd. It
> went in, but with a LOUD clunk! When I shifted again there was no
> resistance at all forward and aft. Left and right seems ok, and the
> cable looks to still be in place. But when I move the gearlever
> forward and back, it sounds like the front gearchange tube is
> scraping across the bottom of the chassis. First off, has anyone else
> here had this type of problem before? Second, could it jest be that
> the nut on the adjustable gear tube has just come loose, or is it
> probable that the bolt may have been stripped? (I hope the bolt on
> the relay lever isn't broken!) Since I just got home now, I havent
> yet had the chance to get under the car to inspect the linkage