BadPax
BadPax New Reader
8/4/18 6:30 p.m.

I was packed up and heading home after having my co-driver  spank me at the local autocross in my 91 Corvette with 6 speed ZF transmission.  Car ran fine and shifted fine all day, but when I started to drive the car home, I found that it will not shift into any of the even gears (2, 4, or 6th).  Car will shift fine into 1, 3 and 5th.   Any ideas what this could be before I crawl under the hot car looking for broken linkages and stuff?

Edit: Also found that car will no longer go into reverse now either.

Brotus7
Brotus7 HalfDork
8/4/18 8:29 p.m.

Really sounds like a bent shift rod or fork.  That said, don't those have internal linkages?  

Is there more slop in the shifter than there was before?

http://www.zfdoc.com/S640Parts.htm

Brotus7
Brotus7 HalfDork
8/4/18 8:42 p.m.

A little more research shows that the shifter attaches to the transmission with some rubber donuts.  Might be worth looking to see if it could have moved.

BadPax
BadPax New Reader
8/4/18 9:38 p.m.

Thanks for the advice Brotus7.  It looks like I will be tearing into the shifter to see what might have happened.

Ranger50
Ranger50 UltimaDork
8/4/18 11:44 p.m.

Shifter ball grommet/bushing is my guess.

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