How much wud it cost to replace them, becoz ive just had the gearbox rebuilt. However, the gearbox dosnt feeeellll nice.

If i was to get a shortshifter, wud it do the job?

 

B&M quickshift does away with all the standard linkage rubbish so if your sure it is your linkage thats playing up then yes it would.

B&M is about £180 from APT

 

the quick shift is awesome


i brought mine from burtons works a treat

 

What about the catch for the reverse gear? Will the B&M quickshift also work with the older boxes which where built before '86?

 

Try the standard Puma shifter. It's awesome, around 80£ new and complete and fits quite easily. A popular mod with RSTs.

 

am i right in saying that the quick shift replaces the linkage and bushes at the drivers end but the gear box end bushes could be shagged?

 

i was thinking the same as the kits i'v seen just replace the drivers end not the whole thing.

 

http://www.zetecinside.com/xr2/gearbox.htm

check this link out and scroll to the bottom

 

there is nothing on the gearbox side of the linkage, there is a gearchange stabalizer bar which only has a plastic washer and then there is the main selector rod which can only be adjusted for desired gear selection smoothness and tightened I supose doing the mod on the link above may be worthwhile but i found just buying original ford replacement parts for the linkage done the world of good. I now use the b&m quickshift which is great.

 

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anyone know what sort of a job it is to replace the standard linkage bushes ect? is it done from inside the car?

 

you have to drop the old stick and linkage out and just replace a couple of plastic bushes inside the mechanism, so it has to come off the car but this aint difficult. Make sure you take it apart very slowly so nothing breaks then you can see how to put the new bits in. Be sure to adjust the linkage correctly on refitting because that is the most important thing.

 

i think it tells you in the haynes manual or i may be wrong, i had mark at m.a.d do mine a few years ago.

 

there is also a linkage by ralley design that is 50 or something like that(short shift). Im prob gunna give this a go jsut because of the cost

 

yeah when removing the old linkage be careful cause as i took mine out it fell to pieces. lol

scotty86d
do a search on here, that rally design one isn't that good according to most people who used them.