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Originally Posted by Homeboy981
@Meir - sorry to hear you had such a bad experience. Mine is FINE! Here's why….I originally tightened the linkage to the plastic, as you stated, however, after looking closer at it - and having the same concerns you expressed…I tried something else. Perhaps I neglected to mention it but…
1). If you place the linkage OVER the plastic and use the allen bolts to "lock down" on the cable - THERE IS NO WAY IT CAN MOVE. I took it a step further and added BLUE LOCTITE to the Allen bolts BEFORE I installed it. Thought I was just being prudent. Apparently that was the difference between success for me and failure on your end. But PM me and I can give some other "tricks" to get you shifting again.
I LOVE the shifting in my car. Will re-check that piece - just to be certain, again. Have checked it twice (when I was re-doing console) and it was STILL SOLIDLY IN PLACE AND SECURE AS IF IT WERE FROM THE FACTORY - WITHOUT ANY SLOP!
Good luck!
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Ok. I just sent a pm to meir before I read this. Are you saying that you covered the plastic thrwaded part with the allen screw end? So the plastic is still the weak link? Seems like a cheap design for porsche to use plastic adjusters on the linkage. Its destined to fail. Are there different cables? I would be shocked to find out that a gt2 or gt3 was similarly equipped