a good friend of mine got hes clutch done,,,, now when hes got it back the gear linkage is all sloppy as ****, ive checked it ( great way to spend new years eve in my going out clothes under a car trying to remove gear linkage !) and theres LOADS of play in the U/J's where the bolts go though,,,, anyone else have this issue or know of a way to solve it apart from a new linkage obv

Please help me

 

have they put the spring back on that keeps the stick?? centered??

 

yeah,,,,thats problem tbh,,, when you select a gear the **** returns to the centre

this is for a V4 sti btw, its deffo the UJ for the linkage thats attached to the gearbox thats got play in it

 

Had this problem in my ver 4. you need to replace the brass bushes that the bolts go through. need a ramp, can do it in under an hour.

 

i think there missing as the bolt seems to have play on the sleeve and thats why its sloppy

where do i get em from ?

 

I just bought complete brass bit. it was under 25 quid from subaru.

 

cool

 

in blue is where its twisting and causing the issue, in red is the part i think i need,, recon there worn or just damaged when they took the box out

 

did the bush fall out, when removing/refitting and they didn't notice, as i cant see why it would be sloppy now if it wasn't before.

 

The bit you have circled in red is the bit you will find when you buy it, it comes like a t piece to fit either side of the u.v join..

 

thats the part im looking for,,, is right bestard to get out though

i recon they either couldnt get it in so left it out or they just lost it, either way i need to sort it for a mate

 

I found it no to bad to do, but ive got wee hands mate, makes all the diference in tight spaces

 

Pretty certain I've got the part ringed in red sat in my garage Ginge. If you need one send me a pm

Paul

 

pm sent !

 

On the contrary, I had my new clutch fitted recently and if anything my shift action has got much stiffer. To be fair, this has coincided with me not using the Impreza as often recently, and the cold weather has been fairly extreme.

 

Ive noticed mine a bit stiffer in the cold aswell, but after about 30 min driving its back to normal..

 

update:

big thanks to Paulo P for getting up so early on a sunday morning to give me the part,,, one of the bushes wasnt put back in the linkage and that was the reason for the play,,, all sorted now AND i manged to do a mod with another bush that was worn to help the gearchange to be almost MINT !!!

took about 30 mins too this time as i knew what i was doing,,,, that pic also helped to show how it all comes apart too !!!

cheers to everyone on here for ya help,,,,, my guilt is now free

 

Great news mate Don't tell anyone I was up that early on a Sunday, rumours spread quickly I figured that it was a bush missing from what you described