5 speed type 9 replacement options
Discussion
For the sake of completeness and in case this could help anyone:
The gear stick was too deep into the gearbox. (It is possible a spacer or gasket had been lost between the gear stick mounting and the gearbox, or that the stick mounting was at one end of a tolerance, but unlikely as a quick shifter also didn't work. So I think it was the tolerance of the box).
This caused two problems.
The shoulder on the bottom end of the stick, which hits against the reverse detent and locks out reverse (unless you push the gear stick downwards) was almost already underneath the detent. Coupled with a tiny bit of wear which rounded off the shoulder meant it was super easy to hit reverse.
Also, incredibly, both myself and the previous owner found the box very stiff, raising the gearstick has somehow sorted out something else causing too much friction by being low, as now it has a perfect bolt action and has transformed the car.
Google gave so many solutions to stiff type 9 problems and easy to get into reverse problems, but this solution never appeared.
And all it cost was 6 washers!
Result.
The gear stick was too deep into the gearbox. (It is possible a spacer or gasket had been lost between the gear stick mounting and the gearbox, or that the stick mounting was at one end of a tolerance, but unlikely as a quick shifter also didn't work. So I think it was the tolerance of the box).
This caused two problems.
The shoulder on the bottom end of the stick, which hits against the reverse detent and locks out reverse (unless you push the gear stick downwards) was almost already underneath the detent. Coupled with a tiny bit of wear which rounded off the shoulder meant it was super easy to hit reverse.
Also, incredibly, both myself and the previous owner found the box very stiff, raising the gearstick has somehow sorted out something else causing too much friction by being low, as now it has a perfect bolt action and has transformed the car.
Google gave so many solutions to stiff type 9 problems and easy to get into reverse problems, but this solution never appeared.
And all it cost was 6 washers!
Result.
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