Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 12:53:53 +0100 From: Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> Subject: Re: Pressing Clutch - Gear Stick Jerks
Shuaib Rabbani wrote: > Yesterday I drove over, what I though at the time, was a small ditch > in the road. So at the time you thought it was a small ditch - what did it turn out to be? > Some minutes later, the gear stick started behaving strangely. Each > time I now attempt to change gear, while grabbing the gear knob and > pressing the clutch down causes the gear stick to jerk backwards > slightly. > > Once I have changed gear and released the clutch the symptoms go until > I shift upwards again. It would help if we knew the model/year, but it sounds like you have either damaged the gear linkage rubber coupling, or bent the gear linkage. You'll need to take a look, but where you look depends on the model/year. -- Grunff