I have some strange symptons from my box, which was a recon exchange box from DCA, and is still under guarantee.
I'm wondering (it may be wishful thinking, because I don't really want to the whole swap again) if the problems might be related to the shift linkage.
The symptoms are:
* Not a smooth action changing from one gear to another sometimes.
* Going in to 5th gear, it sometimes crunches a bit, like a bad syncro.
* Changing up from first, usually after pulling away, as I take it out of first gear there is a noise and a sensation like releasing something that is under pressure - I feel a resistance and then it almost pops out, with a clonk noise. It also does this coming out of second sometimes.
The clutch seems fine.
How critical is the precision of the adjustment of the linkage? I did it the recommended way when I changed the box, but when I checked it, it seemed to be a tiny bit off - in other words, I had to put a bit of pressure on the stick to get the screwdriver to drop down the locating hole. Strangely, after doing that - even though I didn't slacken off the linkage - the gear change for about 1/2 mile felt as smooth as when I first put the box in, when it was lovely.
The gear stick feels quite loose - you can move it about 2cm left to right, and about 1 cm front to back with no resistance at all.
Could the problem be in the linkage somewhere? Love to hear some thoughts on this.
I'm wondering (it may be wishful thinking, because I don't really want to the whole swap again) if the problems might be related to the shift linkage.
The symptoms are:
* Not a smooth action changing from one gear to another sometimes.
* Going in to 5th gear, it sometimes crunches a bit, like a bad syncro.
* Changing up from first, usually after pulling away, as I take it out of first gear there is a noise and a sensation like releasing something that is under pressure - I feel a resistance and then it almost pops out, with a clonk noise. It also does this coming out of second sometimes.
The clutch seems fine.
How critical is the precision of the adjustment of the linkage? I did it the recommended way when I changed the box, but when I checked it, it seemed to be a tiny bit off - in other words, I had to put a bit of pressure on the stick to get the screwdriver to drop down the locating hole. Strangely, after doing that - even though I didn't slacken off the linkage - the gear change for about 1/2 mile felt as smooth as when I first put the box in, when it was lovely.
The gear stick feels quite loose - you can move it about 2cm left to right, and about 1 cm front to back with no resistance at all.
Could the problem be in the linkage somewhere? Love to hear some thoughts on this.
