Avantgarde

After driving for over an hour i was exiting a tool booth and when i shifted from 4th to 5th (very easy it was snowing) the shifter went all the way over to the correct place, but I got third. With the shifter in the right place to grab 6th i get fourth.

In neutral the shifter is spring loaded pushing to the left but falls slack to the right (in the 5/6 position).

R, 1, 2, 3, 4 all fine - no grinding etc.

I pulled the shifter apart and everything is connected and appears ok (Toy Guy shifter), but moving lever to the right does not move the linkage arm to the left as it should to engage 5/6.

I assume that something blew in the linkage, but it seems a little bizzare to me and I have never explored this part of the B5. Any thoughts, comments etc. are gretly appreciated.

Tim

BeeRock::Riding Red

look at the linkage, soemthing is probably loose.

eigenvector

maybe one of the bolts got loose and unaligned the shifter

Phoenix33759

The rod on the top of the trans rubber boot broke. There is a 10mm bolt on the passenger side of the trans the helps the shifter hold the neutral position. There is also a plastic ball on the drives side that attaches them together. I would look up with a flashlight and a mirror and see if anything is loose.
Hope this helps

Avantgarde

Thanks. I pulled the whole shifter but everything is fine from that perspective.

Avantgarde

thanks.

BeeRock::Riding Red

the two bolts are tight? did you go through the gears with the over off?

Avantgarde

The shifting is fine, just doesnt engage 5/6...its weird and hard to describe. The shifter only flops one way.

Thanks very much for the thoughts and the help - I appreciate it.