360 Gear Shift issue

360 Gear Shift issue

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GR1FF1F

Original Poster:

523 posts

235 months

Monday 25th August 2014
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I have a manual 360 Spider and recently had a new clutch fitted. While out yesterday I had a couple of instances where I could not easily select 2nd when changing up from1st. This was mainly therefore when pulling away from lights or junctions and therefore simultaneously embarrassing and borderline dangerous, as following cars are confronted with a car in front which has suddenly decided to coast in neutral. Can obviously go straight into 3rd or by allowing the stick to centralise I can then get 2nd, but it's hardly slick.

No problem coming down the box from 4th or 3rd.

Any ideas what this might be ? Misaligned synchro ?

GR1FF1F

Original Poster:

523 posts

235 months

Monday 25th August 2014
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Thanks for that johnny, not a job I'm likely to take on myself, but good to know it's a relatively straightforward fix.

GR1FF1F

Original Poster:

523 posts

235 months

Friday 29th August 2014
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Thanks for replies. Car is booked in tomorrow for fixing. Problem is not any worse/better once the car is warm, so I think it's at the selector end. WOuld the two joints you refer to lead to a general shifting issue, or could that still just manifest itself only on 1st-2nd shift ?

GR1FF1F

Original Poster:

523 posts

235 months

Friday 29th August 2014
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Incidentally, getting quite good at the

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manoeuvre now smile