Pretty sure it's loose shifter housing. - Saab 900 Bulletin Board - Saabnet.com
The banner above is an advertisment - if it asks you to download software, please ignore.
Site News -
[General |
Members |
C900 |
9000 |
NG900 & OG93 |
93 |
95 |
NG95 |
99 |
Sonett |
Vintage Models |
Clubs |
Other Cars |
FAQs |
Gifts |
Member Photo Galleries |
Member Directory |
Classifieds |
Manuals |
*Buddy Registry |
*Mileage Registry |
Polls |
What's New |
Raffle |
Photo of the Month |
Sponsors]
[Main C900 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ |
Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ]
Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos
Pretty sure it's loose shifter housing.
Posted by RayF (more from RayF) on Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:08:10
In Reply to: Re: 91 900 T - 5 Spd Shift lever movement ;More, scanav, Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:19:53
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup
As Chris Myles already suggested, sounds as if the shifter housing is sliding back and forwards. Once you get the plastic covers off you'll see it's held to the body by three screws, with "3-wing" nuts that sit down in wells. Three of them.
They are oddballs and unless you have a proper socket they're hard to tighten; someone probably had them off and didn't get them back solidly.
Some make a special socket to handle them. My approach is different: just replace the nuts themselves with standard 1/4"-20 hex nuts, 10 cents each at a hardware store. They're NOT metric thread, but inch standard, which is what Saab used on all chassis parts up to 1975 and some holdover parts for ages afterwards.
A 1/4" drive socket will then fit down into the well and tighten them. 7/16" sockets in 1/4" drive are rare but 11mm sockets are common in usual socket sets and they fit 7/16" perfectly.
The bolts are carriage-bolt type, with big heads and square necks that hold against turning, just hold them up from below with a finger while starting nuts on. To remove the 3-wing nuts you just need a screwdriver; tap counterclockwise if they're tight, then put the blade down in between two of the wings and "dial" the nut off. Install your hex nuts and you'll be fine.
posted by 71.173.91...
Posts in this Thread:
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup
Post a Followup
No Site Registration is Required to Post - Site Membership is optional (Member Features List), but helps to keep the site online
for all Saabers. If the site helps you, please consider helping the site by becoming a member.
StateOfNine.com
|
SaabClub.com
|
Jak Stoll Performance
|
M Car Covers
|
Ad Available
|
Random Saabnet.com Member Gallery Photos (Click Image)
This is a moderated bulletin board - Posting is a privilege, not a right.
Unsolicited commercial postings are not allowed (no spam). Please, no For Sale or Wanted postings, SERIOUSLY.
Classifieds are to be listed in The Saab Network Classifieds pages.
This is a problem solving forum for over 250,000 Saab owners, so expect to see
problems discussed here even though our cars are generally very reliable. This is not an anything goes
type of forum. Saabnet.com has been a moderated forum since 1988. For usage guidelines, see the
Saabnet.com Mission and Purpose Page. Please remember that you are
not anonymous. Site Contact | Site Donations | Other Sites by SP -
Poverty2Prosperity.org | Run Club Menlo Park | ScreenBot
Site Members do not see red text instructions, bottom of the page anchor ads, or box ads.
Click here to see all
the Site Membership Benefits!