1987 Volkswagen GTI "lube gear shifter" Questions

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...tho. A good indentation that these are worn out is a sloppy shifter. Also the linkage should be lubed up to make it easier to shift, if your shifter is not sloppy then try lubing up each link ...

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...Gear Shifter tends to stick at "R" when moving from "D" to "P" position. With a little force I can push it to "P" position. Transmission / gears runs fine otherwise. check linkage at side of ...

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shifter & lube the shifting mechanism and the parts it fits into, and reassemble. Mine appeared to be rusted, possibly from just sitting too much in my back yard, but once I lubed the shifter part

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...gear no GL4 lube in tranny. the magic $3 plastic tip on shifter is worn to dust. http://www.fixkick.com/tranny/5speed-rebuild.html replace part 27 (25551xxxx) when this fails it hard to hits gears, ...

shifter will not push in. However, when the car warms up it works fine! I don't understand this, can someone please help me solve this problem!!? Take the gear shifter apart an lube it . key graphite

In drive do not get first gear and when you move to the first gear working ok no power in drive Lube and adjust shift linkage . Does it go into gear if you move shifter slightly toward lower gears?

gear,just rotating it around. just spray a small amount of it. you don't want to drown it,just lube it a little. this will buy you some time to prepare for a replacement. hope this helps and thank you

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...shifter is really hard to push in to put in gear.I got it out once but when I put it back into park it got stuck again. remove shifter knob and lube it up usually it has a set screw in the front of ...

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...gear lube, do you? clean fresh lube, ever 30 to 50k miles, (makes him very happy) the shifter plastics first. part 27? if worn do dust. the shifter can not fully engage 1st and then jumps out of ...

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...change the gears. could be linkage. trans can be tricky. VW are expensive and if passat is like the jetta, these trans are one time uses. take gear lube and not to be refilled. may need to replace

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