Gear lever

[Cheeze]

ok guys i have noticed that some people use what looks like a mk 3 astra gear lever in the nova, does anyone have any gen on this conversion as my gears are as sloppy as hell

[dunova]

You mean the gear linkage? Yes you can use one from a mk3 astra (i think cav one's will work to). I'm not sure on fitting it though as i never bothered with mine, but i don't think it's a straight swap. To make my gsi gear shift feel better i just cut down the height of the stick and re-fitted my gear knob (aftermarket). It felt loads better.

Have you thought about buying a quickshift gear linkage? Only about ?40 iirc, but won't really cure the 'sloppy' feel to it..........

[Cheeze]

yeah i have also heard of the rose jointed linkage, do you know where i can find one, and can this be used with the short shift also?

[Stuart]

usually the rose jointed linkage will be a "short shift" variety.

if your gears are sloppy then tis most likely to be the rubber bush.. get that replaced with a brass one and your sorted in most cases.