Gear Cable Broken
Discussion
10 miles from home and suddenly no gear selection.
Only way to get home was to manually select 2nd and drive home at 25mph - not a great experience but at least the engine did not overheat.
The cable has snapped where it joins the slim metal tube that slides inside the outer housing.
Anyone ever change a gear cable?
I hope it just pulls through the bulkhead.
Where can I buy a new one?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Martin.
Only way to get home was to manually select 2nd and drive home at 25mph - not a great experience but at least the engine did not overheat.
The cable has snapped where it joins the slim metal tube that slides inside the outer housing.
Anyone ever change a gear cable?
I hope it just pulls through the bulkhead.
Where can I buy a new one?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Martin.
Martin
I have the Getrag gearbox with cable shift. When I first built the car the change was very smooth and easy to use - so much so that my brother converted his car from the G50 to the Getrag.
After 3 years I suddenly noticed that I struggled to get the car into gear occasionally and the change felt awkward - I am sure this was a progressive but I didn't notice until it was quite bad.
The gearchange got that bad that it broke one of the connectors on the gearlever.
I spoke to a cable supplier and was told that this was a common problem with the Porsche cables. I upgraded the cables to heavier teflon lined cables which they produced. The transformation was fantastic - effortless and fast gearchange. The downside was that the fittings were different which meant adapting both the gearbox and the gearlever and opening up the holes in the bulkhead - this is awkward with the engine in place.
I have the Getrag gearbox with cable shift. When I first built the car the change was very smooth and easy to use - so much so that my brother converted his car from the G50 to the Getrag.
After 3 years I suddenly noticed that I struggled to get the car into gear occasionally and the change felt awkward - I am sure this was a progressive but I didn't notice until it was quite bad.
The gearchange got that bad that it broke one of the connectors on the gearlever.
I spoke to a cable supplier and was told that this was a common problem with the Porsche cables. I upgraded the cables to heavier teflon lined cables which they produced. The transformation was fantastic - effortless and fast gearchange. The downside was that the fittings were different which meant adapting both the gearbox and the gearlever and opening up the holes in the bulkhead - this is awkward with the engine in place.
martinlaw said:
10 miles from home and suddenly no gear selection.
Only way to get home was to manually select 2nd and drive home at 25mph - not a great experience but at least the engine did not overheat.
The cable has snapped where it joins the slim metal tube that slides inside the outer housing.
Anyone ever change a gear cable?
I hope it just pulls through the bulkhead.
Where can I buy a new one?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Martin.
Porsche or the factory would be my best guess, try Gardener Douglas they may be able to help.Only way to get home was to manually select 2nd and drive home at 25mph - not a great experience but at least the engine did not overheat.
The cable has snapped where it joins the slim metal tube that slides inside the outer housing.
Anyone ever change a gear cable?
I hope it just pulls through the bulkhead.
Where can I buy a new one?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Martin.
you dont have much luck do you mate!! It is proberbly because i sat in the car if i go anywhere an Ultima it seems to break
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