djoliverm
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- Location
- San Francisco, CA
Hey guys! I've searched the forums for a bit and was wondering if maybe you had some tips on how to remedy my inconsistent shifts.
Car is stock in terms of power, but I've installed an OEM Euro short shifter, OEM metal shifter bracket, metal shifter bracket bushings, ECS solid shifter bushings, ECS clutch bleeder block, and a clutch stop. 2017 SE GTI (PP).
I've done multiple shifter adjustments now, trying to get it just right (i've seen the dieselgeek videos countless times and also searched for tips on the forums) but no matter what, the best I can do is to have an amazing shifting experience some of the time. So for sure when the car is cold (live in San Francisco) it does take a bit for the transmission itself to warm up and start to feel just right, but the thing is that I can't seem to replicate a perfect shift into any gear consistently.
Like once the car is warmed up and driving around town, third gear for example will sometimes go in buttery smooth, and other times I feel like it's physically snagged on something and it doesn't want to go in all the way. Almost like I'm forcing it to go in fully. If I do the same shift again a few seconds later, sometimes it corrects itself and is buttery smooth again.
Also for example for second or first gear (or any side to side gear), it will sometimes go in perfectly, and other times I can feel that the gate "snags" on something, or feels like it does.
I do have a VW shifter alignment pin, but I will admit I stupidly broke off the plastic top alignment hole as I was fishing the pin through the hole indentation. There is enough of the hole left though to move it towards the pin (where it feels like you're actually putting the gear into second to get to the neutral alignment spot) and I can velcro the two together fairly tightly. I know the trick also is to get rid of the slack on the shifter cables by pulling up slightly (so it's not "drooping down" I guess).
At this point I'm kinda dumbfounded as to what may be causing this inconsistency. When it goes in buttery smooth it feels amazing and I just wish I could replicate that for good. This is my second manual car—first one being a 2006 Civic Si which I had for seven years and put 140,000 miles on, so it's not like I'm new to shifting manual cars.
Anybody with experience trying to fix something like this, was it really just trying to do the shifter adjustment again and again until it finally "clicked" so to speak?
I would greatly appreciate any help, and thank you in advance for your time!
Cheers
Car is stock in terms of power, but I've installed an OEM Euro short shifter, OEM metal shifter bracket, metal shifter bracket bushings, ECS solid shifter bushings, ECS clutch bleeder block, and a clutch stop. 2017 SE GTI (PP).
I've done multiple shifter adjustments now, trying to get it just right (i've seen the dieselgeek videos countless times and also searched for tips on the forums) but no matter what, the best I can do is to have an amazing shifting experience some of the time. So for sure when the car is cold (live in San Francisco) it does take a bit for the transmission itself to warm up and start to feel just right, but the thing is that I can't seem to replicate a perfect shift into any gear consistently.
Like once the car is warmed up and driving around town, third gear for example will sometimes go in buttery smooth, and other times I feel like it's physically snagged on something and it doesn't want to go in all the way. Almost like I'm forcing it to go in fully. If I do the same shift again a few seconds later, sometimes it corrects itself and is buttery smooth again.
Also for example for second or first gear (or any side to side gear), it will sometimes go in perfectly, and other times I can feel that the gate "snags" on something, or feels like it does.
I do have a VW shifter alignment pin, but I will admit I stupidly broke off the plastic top alignment hole as I was fishing the pin through the hole indentation. There is enough of the hole left though to move it towards the pin (where it feels like you're actually putting the gear into second to get to the neutral alignment spot) and I can velcro the two together fairly tightly. I know the trick also is to get rid of the slack on the shifter cables by pulling up slightly (so it's not "drooping down" I guess).
At this point I'm kinda dumbfounded as to what may be causing this inconsistency. When it goes in buttery smooth it feels amazing and I just wish I could replicate that for good. This is my second manual car—first one being a 2006 Civic Si which I had for seven years and put 140,000 miles on, so it's not like I'm new to shifting manual cars.
Anybody with experience trying to fix something like this, was it really just trying to do the shifter adjustment again and again until it finally "clicked" so to speak?
I would greatly appreciate any help, and thank you in advance for your time!
Cheers