kinked gear linkage?
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i stripped my car about two years ago to start my turbo build. the engine is neearly ready to go in.

im not sure if i can find the original gear linkage though.

i have found two in the garage, but am not sure if these are from accident damaged cars that i have broken for spares in the past.


on the first the top bad is twisted all over the place. hance this is scrap

the second though looks good

apart from a little bit of a kink on the very end of the bottom rod at the gearbox end. should this slight kink be there? is happens just before the collar that the rollpin goes through. its only slight. is this normal or should the bottom rod be exactly straight?

i have tried to upload pics but computer is playing up at the moment

many thanks

the bottom rod should be completely straight

As above ^^^^^

But I too have a spare that is bent just at the very end - I guess someone in the past tried to take an engine out without knowing what they were doing.

Mine looks as if it can be straightened - have you tried ???

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

no but i can do. i had the car as a 1 owner (old lady) that had covered 17k. the gearbox was whiny as hell by the time i finished with it around 20k later thanks to cheap oil. however the gearchange on the car was always very crisp, and you didnt have to move the gearstick as far as on the several other minis i have had before/since. would a slight bend have anything to do with this? as i said it may just be one removed from an accident damaged car i have dismantled in the past. i think i will try to straighten. cheers

The movement you refer to is due to play which occurs due to ware between role pins and the sleeve that links the selector rod (bottom rod) to the gear box.

Own the day

Put your good top rod onto the other rod change that has the straight bottom rod

I seriously doubt it!