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Good evening, i have a little problem or maybe i don't....and i'm wondering if anyone can advise me.
I've only had the car a few days and haven't had much chance to drive it or compare it with another Jimny, so my question is.....
Are Jimny gear boxes a bit lumpy in selecting gears, i have to really push the gear stick to select 1st and every other gear, it's not like any other car i've owned and it's spoiling the driving experience as i'm consciously feeling for and selecting gears all the time.
The gear stick doesn't just 'slide' in to which ever gear i want but physically has to be pushed almost forced into gear.
Could it just need an oil change?
Any advice would be very welcome.
They can be a bit clunky but not too bad. Sometimes they don't like first for the first drive of the day so pop it into second first. Reverse can be the same.
New good quality correct gearbox oil can make a big difference.
Where is the biting point of your clutch. If very high it could be the clutch.
Kirkynut
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1. Clutch cable adjustment, there is some adjustment available
2. Bushes. There are some small bushes in the remote mechanism that could be worn
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Yes the 1st and reverse are a bit difficult first drive of the day and then it seems to ease up a bit.
The clutch bite is midway of the pedal stroke and there is no syncromesh crunching.
The best way i can describe it is, if i'm sat at the traffic lights and they change quicker than i anticipate i have to almost double push the gear stick forward before i can get going and holding traffic up behind me.
This happens in every gear, so it's not as though i can do racing starts (not that i want to).
Can you recommend a good gear oil....fully, semi synthetic or just good old mineral.
Ahh, i didn't realise it was a cable clutch, i just presumed it was hydraulic.
Bushes....i'll have a closer look when the weather improves a bit, i work outside all day, every day and in winter i've had enough when i get home.
Thankyou.
Regarding oil, ONLY use a proper gl4 lubricant, my local factors insisted that their gl4/5 blend was correct. It is not. It will make getting gears very difficult and it also contains chemicals that are corrosive to some of the yellow metals in the box. I got a simple gl4 from halfords and all is as it should be.
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