so i was doing some spirited driving the other day, trying to make really quick shifts. then on the highway going home i shifted to 5th and it felt really sloppy. so i went back to neutral and the shifter knob and shaft just came off in my hand! it was dissconnected from the whole shifter mechanism. after shoving it downward and somehow getting it into gear i limped home. so i took my console apart to check out the problem.....
the socket that the shifter shaft is popped into was loose. it had fallen out of the sleeve that it sits in and its a miracle that it didn't fall onto the highway. what happened was that the c-clip holding the socket into it's sleeve had come loose and fallen off. so the socket came out of it's sleave and the shifter shaft came out of it's socket.
the dealership didn't have the clip in stock so i went to the hardware store and found a replacement. only problem is that they only had SAE clips. a 1 inch seemed to fit decently but i'm assuming the stock piece was a 25mm, slightly smaller than 1 inch. it's held for the last week or so. i haven't tried any super quick shifts and have been too lazy to order the stock clip. now i drive around with a couple extra clips and c-clip pliers in my glovebox.
has this happened to anyone else or is it just a random fluke? does my description even make sense. i don't know the technical terms for all these parts but tried to explain it the best i could.
the socket that the shifter shaft is popped into was loose. it had fallen out of the sleeve that it sits in and its a miracle that it didn't fall onto the highway. what happened was that the c-clip holding the socket into it's sleeve had come loose and fallen off. so the socket came out of it's sleave and the shifter shaft came out of it's socket.
the dealership didn't have the clip in stock so i went to the hardware store and found a replacement. only problem is that they only had SAE clips. a 1 inch seemed to fit decently but i'm assuming the stock piece was a 25mm, slightly smaller than 1 inch. it's held for the last week or so. i haven't tried any super quick shifts and have been too lazy to order the stock clip. now i drive around with a couple extra clips and c-clip pliers in my glovebox.
has this happened to anyone else or is it just a random fluke? does my description even make sense. i don't know the technical terms for all these parts but tried to explain it the best i could.