Reverse Knob came off!

[Omar]

Car was in for a couple of jobs on the paintwork and a very apologetic chap explained the 'Reverse Knob' had come off in his fingers, at the moment I can select reverse by holding and pulling up on the metal shaft but obviously not ideal, hard to see how it is actually secured, could I just glue it? or is there a proper way I'm missing?

 

[spkennyuk]

If you take the fork out it has a long screw that goes through the middle of the U of the fork and up the stem into the platic t bar.

If it needs a new fork then you can get them from hill engineering.

 

[spkennyuk]

Link here for you which shows the part involved.

https://www.sportsmaserati.com/index.php?threads/maserati-4200-cambiocorsa-spider-reverse-gear-selector-lose.32663/

 

[Omar]

If you take the fork out it has a long screw that goes through the middle of the U of the fork and up the stem into the platic t bar.

If it needs a new fork then you can get them from hill engineering.

Ah, I understand now and it looks like the threaded part of the screw has failed, I sense a bit of faff to resolve, or glue it, which downstream might come back to bite me.

 

[HTAFC4200]

Yours comes off in someone's hand and mine wouldn't unscrew no matter what

Definitely best to take the fork out and unscrew the old one IMHO.

 

[allandwf]

Did they try and reverse up hill?

 

[cheshiremaserati]

Car was in for a couple of jobs on the paintwork and a very apologetic chap explained the 'Reverse Knob' had come off in his fingers, at the moment I can select reverse by holding and pulling up on the metal shaft but obviously not ideal, hard to see how it is actually secured, could I just glue it? or is there a proper way I'm missing?

You need a replacement reverse gear selector fork from Hill Engineering. It is about £80. Takes half an hour to remove and fit new one if you have not dismantled the cluster from the car. So including labour it will be about £150 supply and fit. The Hill Engineering piece is much stronger and solid. You should not have a problem ever again.

The original fitment breaks due to people yanking it backwards. It should be lifted first and then pulled gently backwards.

 

[Omar]

The ‘Fork’ is working fine, it’s the screw that goes up through into the plastic Tee that has broken or pulled out, I can select reverse ok by pulling up on the metal shaft of the Fork.
Not had chance to investigate further yet, thinking about taking the unit out and seeing if the screw can be glued, or removing the screw and gluing directly to the shaft.

Or I need to repair the plastic Tee and get a new screw.

 

[CatmanV2]

The ‘Fork’ is working fine, it’s the screw that goes up through into the plastic Tee that has broken or pulled out, I can select reverse ok by pulling up on the metal shaft of the Fork.
Not had chance to investigate further yet, thinking about taking the unit out and seeing if the screw can be glued, or removing the screw and gluing directly to the shaft.

Or I need to repair the plastic Tee and get a new screw.

Happened on mine, took me about 30 minutes to fix (the screw had unscrewed, not stripped)

C

 

[Omar]

Happened on mine, took me about 30 minutes to fix (the screw had unscrewed, not stripped)

C

Thanks, had a proper look, dismantled and reattached the screw, 30 minutes of faff..

Thanks all for the help.