George,
Please forgive me for asking, but you are lifting while pushing over right?
There is a step on the shift rod for reverse and just pushing makes it hard
to engage (until you have worn a ramp into the step at least).
Peter
'68 TR250
on 4/13/02 3:57 PM, George_Loriot@brown.edu at George_Loriot@brown.edu
wrote:
> Hi to all,
> I'm a relative newcomer to TR6 and this list; I asked earlier about tires and
> got a tremendously useful response, so I'll try again:
>
> 1976 TR6: the pressure to get the gearshift lever into the reverse gate has
> increased, so now it's quite a hard push to get it over. Bently has an
> section on adjusting the gearshift lever and it looks easy. Just wondering if
> any of you have had this happen and if the adjustment in place has a good
> chance of fixing it or will it require top cover removal and small part
> replacement/adjustment. I don't think there's a problem with the reverse
> idler or the shaft, since once the lever is in the gate the shift to reverse
> is smooth.
>
> Although I'm new to TR6 I have considerable mechanical experience from The Old
> Days, and have done quite a few transmission overhauls so the more detail the
> better.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance.
>
> George Loriot
>
> 1976 TR6
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