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Old Nov 26, 2011 | 03:36 PM
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I did a clutch swap 18 months ago, but stored the car for 15 of those while overseas. Since the swap it has been hard to get into reverse, had to pull forward a foot or so to get into reverse, but now it will not go into reverse at all. Today I changed my tranny fluid to RP, did the anti venom mod and even went to a modded stock shifter from a B&M. I have an 2001 Z06 with 94k on it. I didnt do a full shifter alignment but bolted the shifter back in with a drill bit in the alignment hole. What else could it be preventing from engaging reverse? Never grinded my gears or anything. Any help is appreciated, thanks.
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Old Nov 26, 2011 | 03:50 PM
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I didnt do a full shifter alignment but bolted the shifter back in with a drill bit in the alignment hole.
Wouldn't this be a logical place to start?
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Old Nov 26, 2011 | 04:04 PM
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I do plan on doing a full alignment shortly, but want to see if it could be other issuses also.
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Old Nov 26, 2011 | 05:40 PM
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Certainly there are other possible causes but eliminate the most easiest item first...shifter alignment.
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Old Nov 26, 2011 | 06:55 PM
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I did a full alignment and it worked. Lost a torq socket in the tunnel plate but well worth it. When I swapped shifters I loosened the bolts and retorqued. This time I took it all out and checked the linkage, and it goes into reverse again. Thanks for the help.
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