loose shifter

orangelmo · Post by **orangelmo** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 4:36 am

hey everyone. my shifter seems to be loose, well its been like that for a while but as of late its really got a lot more movement. i was wondering what should i do to get all that extra movement gone

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:31 am

make sure its really tight. My old stock shifter was loose always.. but never got worst over time

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:00 pm

try to use super glue or something... they way people discribed how you should remove the knob shows that their is no screws or threading whatsoever to hold it in place, so simply you got to glue it with some really good glue.

MMamdouh

orangelmo · Post by **orangelmo** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 4:58 pm

its not the knob thats loose mmamdouh. if thats what you are referring to, its the actual stick itself. in gear or even in neutral, you can sway the stick a fair bit from side to side or up and down. i think its also cause for some vibrations i hear in the car. like i'll hear it if i dont hold it. could it just be nuts or bolts or something i could just tighten to fix this?

GsiTurbo · Post by **GsiTurbo** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:24 pm

Most likely, if its an "older" GM-Daewoo, the plasitc bushings on the shifing mechanism on top of the gearbox are worn.

Tom

orangelmo · Post by **orangelmo** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:34 pm

its a 2000 lanos, that considered old these days?

GsiTurbo · Post by **GsiTurbo** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:00 pm

Well, no

But these bushings is the only place in the design, that may develop some excessive play.

How is the GTA these days? I used to live in Mississauga for about 8 months...I really did hate the trafic on 401, 403 and QEW

But I do miss the bars and awesome girls LOL

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 10:48 pm

orangelmo wrote:its not the knob thats loose mmamdouh. if thats what you are referring to, its the actual stick itself. in gear or even in neutral, you can sway the stick a fair bit from side to side or up and down. i think its also cause for some vibrations i hear in the car. like i'll hear it if i dont hold it. could it just be nuts or bolts or something i could just tighten to fix this?

OH... if that is the case then check all the mechanism parts specially the bushings at the tranny case just like Tom said.

also chek the 12mm bolt on top of the shifter pole that comes out of the fire wall, it is right in the middle of the fire wall near its bottom side, when this bolt is lose it causes loosness in the shift stick along with revers gear engagment issues.

MMamdouh

orangelmo · Post by **orangelmo** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 3:56 pm

haha, GTA is doing good. still the same traffic at the usual times on those highways. and man now that summer is here all the girls are out in full force in their short shorts or short skirts

. my gf is from missassauga. btw thanks for the advice you 2

Brian5475E · Post by **Brian5475E** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 2:24 pm

Yeah those bushings are crap, mine on the Aveo wore out in 4 months, I guess GM didn't fix the problem, I removed mine and replaced with washers then put a brass bearing in there, no more loose shifter.