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Sloppy shifting (again)


perleman

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Hi all

i know it’s been discussed before but I am fed up with the sloppy shifting on my 987s. I fitted the bloke off here’s bearings to the lever and that got rid of the back/forth play, side to side is sloppy though with probably 2-3cm of side to side play

plan of attack as follows:

1) use some 0.005 inch shim metal to make a cap over the square piece that goes into the yoke in the side of the lever to lock out any play. I’ve already tightened the retaining bolt as much as possible without the lever binding

2) if this fails embark on a search to find the product or combination of products to get rid of this irritation from the following probably in the following order

let me know your thoughts!

http://www.function-first.com/products/engine-trans/shift-right-solution

 

http://www.function-first.com/products/engine-trans/shifter-cable-ends

 

https://www.design911.co.uk/mobile/#part;id=127603

 

And finally this one maybe combined with a new mount if needed 

http://www.function-first.com/products/engine-trans/engine-mount-insert

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When I lift the gaiter and immobilise the yolk there is far less movement which makes me think it isn’t in the gear lever mechanism 

my 997 was the same. My car is 14 years old and 80k miles and as far as I know has never had an engine mount replaced

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46 minutes ago, perleman said:

Also the car is notchy shifting from 3 to 4, so much so that it feels like it is in 4 and I lift up the clutch only to hear the grind as it wasn’t actually in 4 after all

Mine did this but down the box, 4th to 3rd. Synchro shot, gearbox rebuild & new cables sorted it ??

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On 7/31/2018 at 9:54 PM, perleman said:

Also the car is notchy shifting from 3 to 4, so much so that it feels like it is in 4 and I lift up the clutch only to hear the grind as it wasn’t actually in 4 after all

I have what could be a similar issue! It’s fine when changing normally, but I get a click/clunk sound when shifting quickly. It seems to be related to the speed of the lever movement, it sill happens if you depress the clutch for a second or 2!

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