Hissing 5th gear
Hissing 5th gear
Not a whine but more of a hiss ,and I've only just discovered if I pull the gear lever to the right against the spring action it goes off ! Do they all do this ?
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Re: Hissing 5th gear
Hi Stephen
Theres some plastic bushes In the bottom of the sud Lever mech And they were notorious for giving a zizzy kind of hissy rattle and just resting one hand on the lever would make it stop . As well as making the change very sloppy .
See photo.
position 1 is a little plastic top hat bush with a steel spacer and a flat plastic washer They wear like crazy
Position 2 is a little plastic cup the pushes on to the bottom of the lever and slides side to side in a guide block they also wear and fall off giving a very sloppy change .(these were modified a couple of times To eliminate the issue and you need to know what version you have before trying to get replacements)
Position 3 is a rubber bush with a nylon liner and a steel sleeve this hold the whole gear lever on to the remote And again can wear badly leading to sloppy change
Knackered bushes at Positions 1 and 2 Are the favourite for giving the zizzy rattle you mention and if you’ve never driven a sud with a sorted gear change you may think the sloppy wobble is normal. It isn’t
Theres some plastic bushes In the bottom of the sud Lever mech And they were notorious for giving a zizzy kind of hissy rattle and just resting one hand on the lever would make it stop . As well as making the change very sloppy .
See photo.
Position 2 is a little plastic cup the pushes on to the bottom of the lever and slides side to side in a guide block they also wear and fall off giving a very sloppy change .(these were modified a couple of times To eliminate the issue and you need to know what version you have before trying to get replacements)
Position 3 is a rubber bush with a nylon liner and a steel sleeve this hold the whole gear lever on to the remote And again can wear badly leading to sloppy change
Knackered bushes at Positions 1 and 2 Are the favourite for giving the zizzy rattle you mention and if you’ve never driven a sud with a sorted gear change you may think the sloppy wobble is normal. It isn’t
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Re: Hissing 5th gear
Cheers that's ok then I can put up with it,it's only in 5th , I was always told you shouldn't rest your hand on gear lever because it would wear the internals,so I was worried that's what was happening ,but I guess that's when the lever is directly fixed to the selector rods .