Author Topic: darn 5sp linkages!! (Read 2892 times)

vegfuel · « **on:** December 11, 2007, 04:54:45 pm »

Waiting for my rebuild kit to arrive in the mail, I am hooking up the linkages to the 5spd I installed last summer on my 81' Rabbit. So it went pretty straight forward until I climbed in the cab and did some shifting. I can find all the gears except 5th :? . Some of the linkages I used were from the 4spd I had before. Maybe it's the base linkage to the shifter?

ilomax · « **Reply #1 on:** December 11, 2007, 05:02:25 pm »

I did this in one of my older gasser Rabbits.

Push down (like you are going into reverse) and try to get into 5th.

You got some 4 speed parts left and they don't like to play together.

lyeinyoureye · « **Reply #2 on:** December 11, 2007, 05:26:23 pm »

Did you adjust the stop gap again?

burn_your_money · « **Reply #3 on:** December 11, 2007, 06:34:59 pm »

I did the 4-5 speed conversion on my rabbit, I hated it.

The stop gap probably needs to be adjusted a bit more.

What pieces did you change?

gldgti · « **Reply #4 on:** December 11, 2007, 07:19:45 pm »

a good trick i found is to turn the bell crank (called relay lever in the picture above) on the gearbox housing upside down so you swap the long and short sides - this gives you more throw and a tighter feel. you need to twist one end of the short socket ended rod around 180deg, easy to do with a vice and adjustable spanner.

vegfuel · « **Reply #5 on:** December 12, 2007, 11:28:32 am »

I can't really remember which pieces went to the 4spd or the 5spd. I am going back up to the 80' Rabbit gasser that I got the tranny off of and getting somemore parts. I guess was kind of lazy about this by just leaving the 4spd connections. I am thinking about just getting the whole sheebang.

how would i adjust the stop gap?