Reverse Gear.

[Guest Gargoil]

Reverse gear is getting more difficult to engage on my type 9 gearbox.

Any quick checks that can be done to improve matters?

 

 

[tractor]

mine started doing that the gearlever had sunk throught the plastic ball so I pulled it back and reverse gear is now a doddle

[Grim]

Try a new clutch cable, especially if yours is routed through the exhaust.

[Guest plasterman]

Try putting it in first gear with the clutch in then move it into reverse gear.

Mine crunches if i try to engage reverse its better if i do the above.

[philshelton]

I beleave there is no synchro on reverse so any clutch drag will cause it yo crunch. I also find selecting 1st then reverse helps

[cb750]

Check that the plastic saddle at the bottom of the gear lever (it's fitted on the end of the selector shaft) hasn't broken up

[Guest Gargoil]

Been looking in my Haynes manual and there isn't much to go on. The plastic saddle connected to the gearlever, can I assume that I just need to unbolt the lever and it will be visible/easily replaced?

Edited September 22, 2014 by Gargoil

[Grim]

yep, that's right!

[Guest Gargoil]

No luck with the plastic saddle or clutch cable, they both seem to be in a good condition.

A couple of photos below show the inside of the gearbox where the lever sits and the lever itself. Does the saddle look as if it's in the correct place and which way round does the lever go?

I can select all forward gears but I think the thing that is stopping me with reverse is that the the lever cant be pushed down, The spring on the lever itself is good, it compresses easily, so is it a problem with the linkage somewhere?

 

SWMBO arrives tomorrow and if she finds the gearbox is cream crackered straight after spending a kings ransom on the engine, it will be pointless for me to grow a couple. She would be cutting them off too....

Edited September 25, 2014 by Gargoil

[Grim]

All looks normal there.

 

You haven't explained how it is difficult to get into gear. Is it hard to get the lever into place? does the gearbox make graunching noises?

[Guest Gargoil]

All forward gears are fine, just cant get the lever to push down to select reverse.

[Guest Gargoil]

And your quick dude.....

[Grim]

it'll be the position of the bearing on your stick that is the problem. There may be a little clip holding it in place (mine had been modified and didn't have one) and if so remove it, and gently tap the bearing up the shaft a bit. Too far and you'll engage reverse without having to go through the gate, in which case move it back!

[Guest Gargoil]

The gear lever moves up and down freely (compressing its spring) in its ball and socket, when not mounted on the box. It's when the lever is bolted down that the spring wont compress. I can see a clip holding the spring in place but if I remove that, the spring will have nothing to hold it in place. The c clip on the underside, just holds everything in together. In the pictures, does it look like the shaft has moved on the bearing?

[Guest plasterman]

Get another gearstick and try that,if that works,as yours looks like its had some work done to it.

You can usually get reverse by using a long screwdriver without the stick in,try that.