Removing a Stock VW 5 Speed 02J Shifter

[@SFlores1979]

1:15 I recently changed the tower housing (ecstuning) in order to replace the bearing inside and the side-to-side bracket dieselgeek bushings in order to solve the sticky shifter, but it did not work. Found out before installing the tower housing, that the actual tower gets stuck at the bottom, or doesn't bounce back as easily as we see in this video. While driving, shifter gets stuck in 3rd and I can't get it into neutral and into 4th gear. Any thoughts? is it possible that the sealing cap might be catching the bottom part of the selector shaft?

[@SFlores1979]

@@dieselgeekdotcom I recently found out that it’s most likely my 3/4 gear syncro. It’s starting to grind if I’m not gentle with the shifting. Thank you though for the reply 👌🏽!

[@monoton9597]

Is there any way to fix snapped locking pin inside shift tower? Mine is o2m 6spd with metal pin, and when I pull it to the end, shifter is still stuck and not moving.

[@anthonywhitehead9660]

What is with that weighted thing that rotates? I was looking in my car today and saw this for the first time and ive never seen such before.

[@Ravichauhan0807]

Hey bro mine was stuck i need to know can i remove the whole shifter thing like the cylinder underneath the fork to check or its not safe to do ??

[@dieselgeekdotcom]

In neutral, remove the two support to case bolts, break the sealant, and the selector shaft will slide up and out

[@Ravichauhan0807]

Bro it cant go neutral Mechanic told its the problem in tranny but I suspected it was the shift tower.

[@francogodro9691]

My bracket at 0:40 doesn't slide as easily. Any good trick to get it out ?

[@SS-fy6hk]

have the same problem. were you eventually able to just slide it out?

[@francogodro9691]

@@SS-fy6hk Nah, removed the lock and tried to move it out but couldnt get it out. Was not able to put the lock back in. Been running without lock for 4 months ahah

[@brokenlowridervw]

Mine is loose. Can I tighten that center 13 bolt?

[@dieselgeekdotcom]

Maybe, but it needs to be the correct nut. Often times after clutches the wrong nut it used. Running the shifter loose can then wallow out the spline on the front to back bracket. Usually the selector shaft is fine though.

[@brokenlowridervw]

@dieselgeekdotcom if mine is permanently loose, can you tell me what I need to fix it.

[@dieselgeekdotcom]

Either the nut is wrong or something is stripped