Play in gear stick, is this normal??

[will leake]

I have just replaced my carpet in my williams, taking the centre consol out i was looking as the gear stick and you can see it has a small amount of play where the plastic ball sits in its cup. its only a small amount of play but is this how they are supposed to be or should they be a tight fit?? Thanks. :? :?:

[MAXIBOY]

most have as there now ten years old...

don't think they did when very new...have upgraded to a new quickshift in mine..

[Wobba]

Under the car there is a tension spring connected tothe bottom of the gear lever. It's under a heatshield. These can get old and crapped up easily, or be broken. Makes the level wobble and not return to its 'neutral' position.

[Yanoo_]

I have plastic collars (Stiff Shift) for replacing the sloppy, rubber ball joint housing. There is a video about the collars (before and after installing):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zba7yTHxew

There are other gearstick / shift throw related solutions on my homepage:

http://www.dp-automotive.hu/

[Yanoo_]

No edit button :cry:

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zba7yTHxew&feature=channel_page

Homepage: http://www.dp-automotive.hu/