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2016/11/10 20:32:55 (permalink)
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Gearstick sticking in gear

It's fine when I'm driving but when I get to the lights it sticks in the gear, especially 3 and 5. If I lift the clutch and roll a little it comes loose.

Any ideas?

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    Reddtarga
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    Re: Gearstick sticking in gear 2016/11/11 09:16:16 (permalink)
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    Does the clutch engage correctly?
     
    Does the gearstick sit vertical in neutral? if not the wrong cables may be installed.
    NA and turbo ones are a different length. 
     
    Raise the car and check the cable end bushes for wear.
    Try moving the selector shaft to see if all gears go in and out OK.
     
     

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    Re: Gearstick sticking in gear 2016/11/11 09:52:58 (permalink)
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    Yeah the clutch seems fine, 90% of the time there are no issues.

    Yeah looks like it sits upright so could be the bushes. I'm hopefully fitting an exhaust on Sunday so will have a look while the car is up


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    Re: Gearstick sticking in gear 2016/11/11 10:49:14 (permalink)
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    You could try slightly adjusting under the pedal, but its a little weird its only in 3 & 5 gears.
    Just make sure nothing is interfering underneath the shift plate too, does it have a short shifter installed?

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    Re: Gearstick sticking in gear 2016/11/11 11:09:39 (permalink)
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    Pretty sure it has a short shifter installed but actually not driven an MR2 apart from this one.

    It's annoying because when I happens I'm normally at the lights panicking haha so don't have enough time to check. Will try and get it to stick in the garage on Sunday


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    Re: Gearstick sticking in gear 2016/11/11 17:36:38 (permalink)
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    not sure if the same applies, especially with MR2s but I had an S13 long ago with the same problems but it would stick in 5th and reverse. It turned out my gearbox crossmember and mount was not fully secured so the box had a bit of movement and wasn't sitting where it was meant to.
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    Re: Gearstick sticking in gear 2016/11/12 09:43:19 (permalink)
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    No gearbox X-member in this case.
     
     

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    Re: Gearstick sticking in gear 2016/11/14 09:30:54 (permalink)
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    if this was that ex autosaloon car that was turbo and is now na I would be checking on what shifter cables are in it as that can cause shifting issues if they are the wrong 1s

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    Re: Gearstick sticking in gear 2016/11/14 16:29:23 (permalink)
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    Not sure if it was the ex autosaloon car but it's still a turbo. Would be cool to get some information on it if it was


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    Re: Gearstick sticking in gear 2016/11/15 09:55:50 (permalink)
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    so if its a turbo and provided know one has peeled the colour code stickers off you shifter cables they should have a red & blue band around them just back from the shifter ... if they have a white & green band around them I would say that is your problem

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    Re: Gearstick sticking in gear 2017/01/29 13:22:00 (permalink)
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    Think I might have found the issue with my sticking gear stick! Changed to a short shifter and found this




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