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Recently I have had trouble selecting 5th gear. Previously I have pushed the stick to the right as far as it would go and then up into 5th gear. Now, if I push the stick to the far right I cannot get it into 5th. I have to reduce the amount that I move the stick to the right, which takes more concentration. I'm certainly no expert in this, but should'nt there be some type of gate/stop that stops me from pushing the stick to far?
I have the brass bushing fitted at the bottom of the stick, bought as part of a recent group buy.

J

Had a thought about this last night.... have you looked at the gearstick housing Jeff?
Perhaps it's as simple as the three bolts coming loose and thus the stick is not moving/levering properly?

Thanks Andrew, will investigate this week.

I also had a look on the big forum and found some other possible causes, but many of those posts were more around not being able to select 5th gear at all.

J

good thinking there andrew. this is a tricky one to figure out , but yeah those 3 bolts seem to always come loose ( i had to loctite mine into place) so it's a good place to start .