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Issues with 5th/6th gear (and 1st/2nd)
- Thread starter David Barrett
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I'm finding it hard to believe its just a cable issue.
The linkage on my Subaru totally fell to bits, the rubber and nylon bushes in the universal joint connecting the stick to the gearbox just fell to bits then they dropped out the and the stick just flopped about all over the place and you could still change gears just fine, unbelievably they don't fail you on a vehicle inspection with it in this state here. The old MR2 had 2 cables from the front of the car all the way to the back where the engine is, never looked at the cables or needed to adjust them in 30 years. Its just not an ultra precision setup, as long as the clutch is working and you are depressing the pedal far enough it should just shift unless the gearbox has an actual internal problem preventing the shift.
The type of oil you use has a huge effect and you want to start using something decent from the start. When I dumped the factory gearbox oil out of the MR2 and went to a full synthetic it literally halved the force required on the stick to change gears.
The linkage on my Subaru totally fell to bits, the rubber and nylon bushes in the universal joint connecting the stick to the gearbox just fell to bits then they dropped out the and the stick just flopped about all over the place and you could still change gears just fine, unbelievably they don't fail you on a vehicle inspection with it in this state here. The old MR2 had 2 cables from the front of the car all the way to the back where the engine is, never looked at the cables or needed to adjust them in 30 years. Its just not an ultra precision setup, as long as the clutch is working and you are depressing the pedal far enough it should just shift unless the gearbox has an actual internal problem preventing the shift.
The type of oil you use has a huge effect and you want to start using something decent from the start. When I dumped the factory gearbox oil out of the MR2 and went to a full synthetic it literally halved the force required on the stick to change gears.
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So effectively you're preventing the lever moving too far to the left? Had you previously done the recommended cable adjustment?
I have not done the adjustment, a bit too lazy and this took 5 minutes and fixed my issue completely. It's absolutely mint now.
Hello everyone, a quick message to tell you that unfortunately, encountering problems with shifting gears 5/6, I dropped off my car at Hyndai at the end of February and... I have been waiting ever since!
The part is ordered but it is apparently in production in Korea, no one is able to give me a deadline, no one is able to give me information, customer support is just catastrophic, never seen that! My vehicle has been immobilized for almost 3 months now and no one at Hyundai is able to tell me when I will be able to get it back... it's lamentable!
The worst is that the part is available at Hyundai Canada, but as I am in France, Hyundai France only source from the Europe platform and nowhere else!
It's really worrying to think that Hyundai (at least in France) is incapable of controlling its supply chain, at the slightest breakdown, it's very worrying to think that we risk several months of downtime!
So today, i don't know if i'll have my car in 1, 3 or 6 months!!
I will keep you informed of the progress of the situation...
The part is ordered but it is apparently in production in Korea, no one is able to give me a deadline, no one is able to give me information, customer support is just catastrophic, never seen that! My vehicle has been immobilized for almost 3 months now and no one at Hyundai is able to tell me when I will be able to get it back... it's lamentable!
The worst is that the part is available at Hyundai Canada, but as I am in France, Hyundai France only source from the Europe platform and nowhere else!
It's really worrying to think that Hyundai (at least in France) is incapable of controlling its supply chain, at the slightest breakdown, it's very worrying to think that we risk several months of downtime!
So today, i don't know if i'll have my car in 1, 3 or 6 months!!
I will keep you informed of the progress of the situation...
