Gear linkage circlip

[bigbroony 0]

My gear linkage is very sloppy and recently the lever sometimes baulks unless care is taken.After a quick Google I found that one problem is a missing linkage circlip.The one that actually locates the lever on the shaft.This is the case with my car.

Does anyone have the part number of it or it's dimensions so I can get it from another source and not spend the rest of my life trying to explain to the dealers which bit I'm after.

 

Cheers Alan.

[OllieVR6 0]

If it's number 12 (which I think it is) it's N 908 159 03

 

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Prob best wait for someone who's in the know to confirm before you order.

[bigbroony 0]

That certainly looks to be the very fellow for me.

[CazzaVR 0]

It is number 12 :) Think there are two versions though- my dealer wasn't sure which one it would be, so I bought them both (only a few pence).

[OllieVR6 0]

It is number 12 :) Think there are two versions though- my dealer wasn't sure which one it would be, so I bought them both (only a few pence).

 

In that case the other number is 012 327 6 :D

[CazzaVR 0]

:clap:

[_Meth 0]

I just used an e-clip from my toolbox that I had kicking around - its done the job for over a year now :lol:

[bigbroony 0]

So, what's an e-clip then? And more importantly where can I get them?

[carrots 1]

i made 1 for mine it made a massive differance to the gears :D

[_Meth 0]

An E- Clip is just a different type of circlip...

 

Im not too sure where you owuld get one... its one of those things that I always have in large quantities, and is allways kicking around - but never know where they come from...

[carrots 1]

lol true :lol:

[_Meth 0]

I reckon its the same toolbox pixie that hides your 10mm spanner, only to replace it exactly where you have been looking - 5 minutes after you've given up trying to find it and bodged it with a 11mm :lol:

[davidwort 0]

E clip has a middle bit (like the middle stoke in an 'E') and so holds the clip tightly in place.

Later versions of the cable change 02A box had E clips on the gearlever pivot, with a small cut out in the centre to locate them even better and stop them pinging off presumably, VW obviously spotted the problem eventually :)

[bigbroony 0]

I've bought part number N 908 159 03 and it doesn't look to me as it will fit.I haven't offered it up to the shaft yet( fnarr fnarr). I'll have a better look tomorrow.

[_Meth 0]

You may be supprised, the clip does look very small but the recess it clips into is also fairly small.

[bigbroony 0]

Success! ! Clip now fitted.In true Clarkson style it needed a hammer though;but then doesn't everything worth doing?Haven't driven it yet.Went out for an Italian instead.I feel I'm on a winner as the gear lever actually moved when I'd finished.

[bully 10]

where can i buy this circlip.. noticed mines gone :(