Gear selector Stiff and hard to select Neut

[Ta2272]

In my race car over the last 2 months it has become very hard to select gears/neutral when stationary (more so neutral).

It isnt a problem when racing or going along as the stiffness and hard shifter seems to be more of a problem when trying to select neutral as it just very hard to find.

Sorry the description is very poor but i guess it feels like something is cloging up the shifter and it doesnt have that free feeling and does not spring into netraul and left to right freely as they normally do (when coming out of a gear is when it is hard to find neutral)

The link attached is a picture of the geabox, and the circled Pin which is held in by sirclip moves left to right when moving the shifter, (I just wasnt sure if this was related)

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/6396/shifteryj4.jpg


The Car is a Datsun 1600 and a 240k gearbox

thanks alot guys

[hi-ace]

Not knowing the Datsun gearbox, it sound like you have bent something.
If the shifter housing can be removed from the back of the box it might be an idea to check out the linkage inside for any damage.

[Ta2272]

I guess ill take it into the gear shop and get thier opinoun on it.

thanks mate