Shifter Reverse gear lockout repair by JonnyPhenomenon

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Shifter Reverse gear lockout repair

Compliments of JonnyPhenomenon @ http://forums.vwvortex.com

November 10, 2007

lost my reverse gear lockout feature in the rocco a while back and got sick of struggling to find gears so I decided to fix it.

the problem happens when part of the shift linkage breaks.

the long metal shift rod has a bit of plastic molded onto the end of it that acts as a gate to keep you from popping it into reverse accidentally. naturally, this breaks.

instead of spending 100$ on a new shift rod to solve the problem, I decided I would just fabricate my own solution.

I chose a small peice of brass. a nut and a bolt.

I would have preferred to use bronze, but I havent got bronze in sheets, and I had brass reaily available.

the peice I used was 8th inch thick, and about 1.4" by .5"

I hammered it into an L shape 

Test fitted:

and clamped it together and drilled it

then I stuck a bolt through it and tighened it up.

one more pic just cuz

I installed it in the car tonight and took it for a test drive. it performes its job perfectly well. my linkage is still a bit sloppy because my new shift bushings havent come in yet, but once I get that stuff installed this is going to be a dream to drive.