Dieselgeek has been reuniting VW owners with their first gears for quite a while!
Repair the damaged or missing relay ball on your 2000-2007 Mk4 and early Mk5 shift lever with Dieselgeek's innovative bell crank relay socket.
When your relay ball bushing develops a flat spot or disintegrates you will find that it is hard to get into first gear without pushing the shifter stick hard to the left. You might even readjust your shifter to enable you to get first and second gears but that makes it darn near impossible to get fifth gear.
The dealer alternative to this repair kit is to buy a new shifter shaft assembly for around $100 and then drop the exhaust, heat shield and shifter box to install it. To install this part you only have to remove the center console* inside the cabin and push the part into the steel bell crank to the left of the shifter stick. Just make sure to remove any soft rubber remnants of your old relay bushing before you install this part. This custom bushing is machined in the USA from ultra durable plastic material. Guaranteed for as long as you own your car!
If your 2000-2006 Mk4 car needs these bushings then it probably needs the Solid Stick SHAFT bushings and First Gear Getter, too. Get them all in the Deluxe MK4 Shifter Bushing Kit.
Fits the following years and models with five or six speed manual transmissions:
- 2000-2007 VW Golf, GTI, R32, and Rabbit
- 2000-2007 VW Jetta, GLI
- 2000-2010 VW New Beetle (All)
- 2006-2007 VW Passat
- 2003-2010 VW Touareg
- 2006-2008 VW Eos
- 2002-2007 VW Phaeton
- 2000-2005 Audi A2
- 1999-2006 Audi TT
- 1999-2007 Audi A3, S3 and A3 Cabriolet
Like we mentioned before, you might also want to look at theDeluxe MK4 Shifter Bushing Kit since there is a good chance you will also need the Cable Saver bushing kit and the Solid Stick Shifter Shaft bushings if you need the First Gear Getter.