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MB 2nd gear sticking


skapunkninja

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So, the restoration project has thrown up another spanner in the works:undecided:

 

intermittantly, it gets stuck in 2nd gear and i cant move the gearstick back to neutral. Eventually,with alot if wiggling, it will come back out and drive fine until it sticks again.

 

im going to pop the gearbox out next weekend and strip it down. I've heard this is a fairly common problem with MB's, so anyone got any tips/advice?

 

cheers,

Rich

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Wear on the shifter is a common problem. I just ran a bead of weld on it and contoured it with the grinder.

 

Typically the worn shaft will cause problems with two gears... depending on which end of the shifter is worn... Rev and 2nd, 1 and 3rd as the tip would wear down.

 

There could be other issues that might be looked at if repairing/replacing the shifter does not correct it:

 

Interlock pin (dirt, wear)

Detent ball/sprint (dirt/wear)

Shifter plate (wear)

Shifter rail (bent, burr)

 

Most T84 issues are about not being able to shift INTO a gear (worn synchros)

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