Nerdkiller
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I have a 1998 Vw beetle with a 5 speed manual transmission. Currently I am having a difficult time shifting into 3rd gear. Does anyone have any ideas on resolving this issue?
Where do I find the write up on how to adjust the transmission?Thank you!
Thank you!There is a good write up on how to adjust things but that usually pertains to a full out hard to shift everywhere or just 1st and reverse and 5th.
These transmissions have a weak 3rd gear.
Bottom line. The only things you can do are change the shifting tower. New Sean at shift tower and bearings.
Pull the shift tower off and if the selector cup is full of mud, you need to do a supper flush a few times and change the seal and bearing. The cup its self has a ball bearing captive bolt that selects into its cam valleys. This bearing is extinct though. The cup gets excessively worn too. Replace all this and see what happens.
I had the same issue. Selector cup was the problem and that stupid extinct part. Swapping to a mk4 shift tower requires the shifter and cables also ve swapped. Also dropping the exhaust.
Third gear grinds.Did the work you had done on the car require doing anything to the transmission, mounts, or transmission linkage? If not, then the work may be unrelated. If it did, then it would help to know what was done.
When you say hard to shift, what do you mean? Gears grinding? More effort to get the car into gear? Can't find the location of the gear? Different symptoms have different causes.
Thank youoh then definitely need an adjustment
I do not have the link on hand but you can google your car and find the shift adjustment writeup.
I would still recomend you pull the shifter tower and inspect the cup if the adjustment does not help. it should shift normally even if it was messed with but the cup does wear..... let us know what you find.
i don't know. i threw my back out a week ago so im just being "productive" where i can from my seat hereim sure i could google it but your search would also result in the same information.Thank you
Is the write up on adjusting the clutch on the tdi club?
Thank you! A video is even better!Do you have the 02j?
or if a while ago you refreshed it with GL-5. That mistake made third gear grind for me. Fixed with proper GL-4 fluid (half Pennzoil synchromesh and half Redline MTL).You might want to refresh the gear oil if it hasn't been in a while. Pennzoil or GM Synchromesh is great for fixing grinding gears.