Corrado G60 hard shifting problems (help!)
 

On Monday, April 20, 1998 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Michael Guest wrote:
> Brad B ) wrote:
> : can anyone sort out all the info I've read concerning the notchy hard
> : shifting I am experiencing?
> :
> : I'm on my second VW Corrado G60 (1990) and both didn't shift worth a
> : @#$(%... It's hard to get it into first gear and loves to go straight to
> : 3rd from 1st (when I can find 1st).
> :
>
> Dont know if it's the same as my SLC but a circlip broke off the bar under
> the shifter that is slides on (hard to explain...you pull the plastic
> piece the shifter is on and it's right under) which caused this problem
> and eventually broke one of the plastic (*mutter*) linkages on top of the
> gearbox...only when I was adjusting everything after putting on the new
> linkage did I notice the circlip groove without a circlip...
>
> hope this helps
> Michael
> '92 Corrado SLC (120k miles)

What is a circlip - Art, 1990 G60 with lost 2nd gear