Technical Gear shift backlash

[Millovanillo]

Hi all,

in my 1.4 mk2 I notice that the gear shift has a quite big backlash, basically in all positions, no matter if in 1st, 2nd etc...
Gearbox works absolutely fine and I have no problems at all shifting from gear to gear but, this backlash is quite annoying...
I noticed the backlash coming from the gearbox (mosto probably) as the lever eyeball joint seems to be solid.

Did someone experience the same with his car and, in case, how it has been solved?

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.
Marco

 

[a73uk]

Hi Marco,

Not sure what you mean when you say "backlash", do you mean loose or slack?

Uno`s often have some slack, & when its really bad can cause it to whine in neutral &/or jump out of gear, & eventually the link bars will fall off, leaving you unable to select a gear.


This is solved with new bushes, you can see them here (#19 are usually the worst):

https://www.fiatforum.com/panda-classic-guides/45625-replacing-gear-selector-lever-bushes.html