Well I tried the vw gear linkage DIY adjustment guide from the maintenance section on this site ..on my 03 octy vrs .. Which has 80thousand miles on it ... What a difference it made ! It's acutally link driving a totally different car . Gear are slick and seems alot closer together . No sloppiness or sticking .. The link to the guide on this site is a must

Theres a step by step video on youtube

Ya that's the one I used ... Had a wee bit of a heart attack at first as I couldn't move the locking pin out of the lock position :( an I thought all i lost lol . But persistence paid off .

any link to the post or youtube vid please?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp9ggefOjAE

there u go gtiracer,

Search button is everyone's best friend

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/186540-gear-linkage-adjustment/

Search button is everyone's best friend

http://www.briskoda....age-adjustment/

Oddly enough i searched youtube but not here for the vid but thanks so much for the helpful comment

Glad to be of service, I've saved it on favourites to make it easy too find :giggle:

I had a go at this yesterday, turned into a nightmare!

Basically i followed the tutorial, locked in the two springs, locked the gear lever in place and then tried to lock the shift mechanism into home position. Struggled with this but noticed that one of my linkages was at a funny angle at the end of the 3 pin locking spring, tried to loosen it off and straighten it up and SNAP, one of the fingers snapped off... s*^t!!

Carried on with the reset hoping it would be ok, tried to select the gears and nothing, linkage just sliding in and out of the locking spring... doh!

Managed to bodge it together with superglue and it holds fine now, need to get a replacement though.

And the difference? Nothing, ha! If anything selecting reverse is a little better but thats about it.. All that trouble for not a lot of difference

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/51616-octavia-useful-part-numbers-for-octavia-diy-servicing-and-mods/

Post 21 has the part numbers.

i can not access the video. It tells it is private. How can I get access to it ?

i can not access the video. It tells it is private. How can I get access to it ?

You can't since the person who uploaded it has marked it as private which means only they can see it now.

Here is the video