On the way home from work today, cruising along in fifth, traffic was slowing down and when i pushed in the clutch and pulled it out of fifth, the shifter lost all resistance. The car was still in gear. Pulled into a parking lot and the shifter was stuck in the side to side motion, but was extremely free front to back. So after popping the hood and messing around with the linkage for a min i tried the shifter again and it felt ok. Pulled it into fourth and tried other gears and the same thing happened. Super free from the 4th to 3rd slot but not budging side to side.
To get home I stuck it in 3rd from under the hood and limped home. Pulled off the boot and can't see anything wrong. Still no side to side movement and no effort to go front and back. Pulled the metal piece that holds the shift bushing on but can't figure out how to get the ball and shifter part out.
Ideas? Help?
To get home I stuck it in 3rd from under the hood and limped home. Pulled off the boot and can't see anything wrong. Still no side to side movement and no effort to go front and back. Pulled the metal piece that holds the shift bushing on but can't figure out how to get the ball and shifter part out.
Ideas? Help?