Technical Trouble getting into 5th/reverse lock

[artu]

Hi all! For a while, it´s been hard to get my panda into 5th gear. You have to really smash/force the shifter to the right, and then the upwards movement is easy. Also if you pull up on the reverse lock, it goes into 5th perfectly fine, because now I can go all the way to the right. So it´s as if the reverse lockout is blocking the travel of the shifter to the right a bit too early. All the other gears are fine. Is this a linkage issue - how should I approach this? Is there a way to tighten the right/left travel, so maybe 5th gear isn´t so far to the right?

thanks in advance!

 

[koalar]

Sound like the selector cable

Get someone in the car to move the gear stick left to right

Smear some light oil on the the cable behind the battery and see if it improves, don't use grease, engine oil is fine

As long as it feels stiff all the time going left to right you can just disconnect the ball joint at the gearbox and see how it feels

If it's not stiff, and the oil does not improve it, there is a left right adjustment, but it's rare it need adjustment

 

[koalar]

By far the most common is this

I have had this but it would also affected 1st as well as random difficult to engage reverse

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all versions 2125 1 261 L F GEAR ENGAGEMENT/SELECTION CABLES Seizing, hardening - Service Solution FAULT COMPLAINED OF​ Difficult or impossible to engage all the gears TECHNICAL CAUSE​ Seizing of the gear engagement cable due to the deterioration of the (PTF) tube inside the outer casing that guides the steel cable. OPERATIONS IN PRODUCTION​ Fitting of engage engagement/selection cables that conform guaranteed. IPLEMENTATION OF MODIFICATION​ Version Factory Line Chassis No. Organization No. all versions in question Tichy - 554771 267630 OPERATIONS IN NETWORK​ NETWORK BEHAVIOUR STANDARDS TOWARDS THE CUSTOMER​ If this problem is reported and confirmed, reassure the Customer that it can be solved by replacing the gear engagement/selection cables. After the operation show the Customer what has been done and carry out a test to make sure they are satisfied. SERVICE SOLUTION​ Only for vehicles in the batch of chassis from 175913 to 554770, check that the problem reported is due to the gear engagement/selection cables and, if necessary, replace them following the Operating Cycle below. OPERATION CYCLE​ Before replcing the gear engagement/selection cables, check that the hardening of the gear control cable in all gears is confirmed proceeding as described below: A) release the cables on the gearbox side (see Service Manual Op 2125C30) and check that the fault is still present using the gear lever in the passenger compartment. If after having carried out point A) the fault is no longer present, then the cause of the problem should be sought in the gearbox unit and internal controls. B) release the cables on the passenger compartment side (see Service Manual Op 2125C30) and check that the lever in the passenger compartment moves freely for both engagement and selection. If the fault is still present after having carried out point B), carry out a thorough fault diagnosis for the passenger compartment inner control mounting replacing it if a problem is found. C) Replace the gear engagement/selection cables (1 - Fig. 1) with new ones from the Parts Dept. completing the operations already partly carried out in points A and B (refer to the Service Manual - Op 2125C30). Fig. 1 AVALABILITY OF PARTS​ Version Description Part No. Qty. all petrol versions in question Gear selection/engagement cables 55202310 1 all diesel versions in question Gear selection/engagement cables 55234084 1 CLAIM REPORT DATA​ Version Operation Piece Fault Position Time allowance all versions in question 2125126 1 LF - .95

 

[koalar]

Here's the correct adjustment

Please note some of the later cars have done away with this adjustment

Press this button

 

[artu]

that´s great, cheers koalar! I´ll try to lube it first and will see if it helps