Saab SONETT III Service Manual page 90

GEAR OPERATION
Adjustment
General
Gear shifting is done with a floor-type gear lever located
between the seats. The gear-operating mechanism consists
otherwise of a gear-lever housing secured to the floor
between the seats and of a rod which transmits the move-
ment from the gear lever to the gearbox.
GEAR POSITIONS
Removal of gear-lever housing
1. Take out the floor mat and the wallboard panels.
2. Remove the gear-lever knob and rubber boot.
3. Remove the gear-lever cover by backing off and re-
moving the tour screws at the points of attachment
to the floor.
4. Release the taper pin of the gear shift rod joint by
moving the nut over to the opposite end of the pin.
Then release the pin with the aid of the nut. Pull the
gear shift rod apart.
5. Detach the cables to the back-up light switch.
6. Remove the gear-lever housing by back ing off and
removing the tour screws which hold the housing to
the floor.
Reassembly takes place in the reverse sequence.
Adjustment of gear positions
Checking
Put the gear lever in neutral position. Move the lever to
the left till you feel that it is touching the spring for the
reverse gear catch. Move the lever ,1/2" (measured at
the knob) further to the lett. Move the lever backwards
to engage 2nd gear. At this check with the lever pressed
• 1112" to the left, the 2nd gear and not the reverse gear
must be engaged. Start the engine for check ing. Repeat
the procedure to make sure that the reverse gear will not
be engaged.
If the reverse gear is
engaged when checking as described
above, the cover must be removed and the adjusting nut
for the reverse gear spring must be backed off until the
2nd gear will engage.
Note that the adjusting nut must not be screwed out so
far that there will be difficulties to engage ist and 2nd
gear when shifting normally. Do not forget to tighten
the lock nut.
ADJUSTING THE NUT FOR THE REVERSE GEAR SPRING
3rd and 4th gear:
Adjustment is done by means of the adjusting screw on
the lett hand side. 3rd and 4th gears shall engage easily
when the heel of the fork bolt comes up against the ad-
ju st ing screw.
ADJUSTMENT OF 3RD AND 4TH GEAR POSITIONS
Nov. 1972
SAAB
432-1