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brumby wont select reverse?
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:52 pm
by jakebrumby
got my 1990 brumby about a month ago and took it out bush last weekend, when i went to drive it home from camp the next morning it wouldnt select reverse and all the forward gears had alot of slop in them, the only thing i can see that might have caused the problem is it had a bit of a knock on the underside the selector looks fine? does anyone have any advice please?
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:24 pm
by revmax
the two grub srews that conect the slector the the shaft. you will have to get under it to look see
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:33 pm
by jakebrumby
what are they supposed to look like? (sorry new to this whole mechanicing thing)
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:44 pm
by TOONGA
this page
http://www.indysworld.com/80s/general/U ... erFix.html
has instructions to "fix" the problem or you can buy the original bushes and fix the problem that way
TOONGA
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:51 pm
by jakebrumby
could this happen in one day? it had hardly any slop in it and selected every gear fine before?
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:21 pm
by TOONGA
jakebrumby wrote:could this happen in one day? it had hardly any slop in it and selected every gear fine before?
Yes it could.
TOONGA
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:19 pm
by steptoe
smells bad of the engine to firewall stay rod out of adjustment, loose or bent. Also getting a stick jammed up under caused me some minor grief in the 'burbs too !
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:31 am
by d_generate
No reverse eh? Just don't go back.
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 10:59 pm
by RSR 555
Gearbox mounts and firewall stay rod would definitely worth a look at but I find 99% of the time, it's the gear selector hub on the back of the box that gets worn out.. best way to check this is to select 1st or 3rd gear (best to try with out engine running) then see if you can more the gear stick from left to right. If it moves more than 100mm from side to side, then check bushes and selector hub. I modify the hub (cut 2 slots in the front part) then put a high tensile bolt and nut through the roll pin hole and then tighten as hard as you can. I also try and remove all oil/grease from the hub beforehand.