If you have a Ford Focus car with the SPI SOHC engine and the IB5 manual transmission, your shift cable collett may have gone bad. It is a common problem, an…
How To Fix Sloppy Ford Focus Shifting – IB5 Transmission
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Thanks!
yes, i’m repairing my gearbox right now. It is a 1999 1,8 zetech engine and
mounted on a Ib5 gearbox. 🙂 Great video!
could try having a look at “overclockers uk forum” shows a fiesta 1.4? mite
be paragraph 9 down, with sticking gears…….. but only when been driven
for a while…. ok when cold. its a bad design of ford, basically needs at
least a clean and a greasing ( maybe a strip down of the linkage arm
shifter due to it having a Bush inside,, sometimes no bush… that dries up
when hot ) with high melting point grease or similar. this might help.
Thanks. I didn’t know if the Zetec transmission used the same linkage.
Just started changing my girlfriends gearbox on a 2000 1.8l Focus zetec
(UK), it has the same type of connection, has a rubber collet in that white
plastic hole which push fits onto the pin.
No. It would have a different type of connection.
you think this would work for an Automatic??
ok thanks
Mine is a 2001 focus with the SOHC engine and manual transmission. The Ztec
engine has a different transmission.
i thought your description said 2000 focus,sorry ill look a little further.
It sounds crazy, but there is no drain plug. You might be able to siphon
the oil out with a tube. They say the oil should last the life of the car.
My oil level was really low when I checked it.
where is the oil drain plug? in these transmissions. please ford fiesta
2005 Mt
You’re welcome! I may have to make a trip and get one of those grommets. I
am glad you found my video. When I made it, I figured only one or two
people would actually have the same problem, but if I could rescue them
from getting ripped by the dealer and having to install a whole new cable,
it would be worth it.
Go to a bone yard and find one
That is strange. I don’t know what it could be. If it happened all the
time, it may be easier to diagnose. Mine shifted rough until I added some
oil to it. You should check the oil level. I have a motorcycle that won’t
shift above second gear one day every other year, but the rest of the time
it works perfectly. Strange stuff.
Hello I’m from the uk I have a 2004 focus ib5 gearbox. My car gets stuck in
5th gear it seams to only happen when I’m on a long journey the problem
happens when I’m changing down from 5th it’s that bad that the lever gets
stuck in 5th and won’t move out I have to stop the car and wait for about
30 seconds then I can put it back in neutral and start off again. I scares
me as it only happens about twice a year and not all the time any advice
would be a great help thanks tony
Nice video man
I hope you find the problem. I know the collet is known to go bad after
time, so maybe that’s where the problem is.
Thanks for the video best regards tony ruff
that was a very good video, I feel that i have the same problem with my
2005 ford focus. I was driving and it popped out of gear, when i shifted it
felt loose like nothing was holding it. So this weekend I will look at the
transmission gear box and hope it is that and not the transmission. If it
is the collet i will fix it the way you did yours, is your’s still
performing great after the fix it job you did?
Great! I am glad I could help.
Thanks.
Mine still works great. Looking in there is easy. You don’t need any tools
to pop the plastic cover off and look at it.
I thought about that but figured that if I found the part, it would be
pretty worn out, as it seems to be a defective design to begin with. My
homemade fix is still working great.
Awesome. You just saved me a lot of trouble. Followed your info but went to
Lowe’s to get a grommet and lo and behold, they have a 5/16id by 5/8od
rubber bushing that was a perfect fit – no cutting needed. Had the old
collet disintegrate on my way to work this morning, and it took longer to
get a ride back home than to find your video and fix the thing! Thanks
again.
I will put some oil in do I fill right up or do I fill 10 from the filler
hole
Good work! Mine has a problem IB5 like yours, but sensation is stiff and
clunky instead (like a dry box, despite being filled with new correct grade
oil by mechanic). I also oiled up the parts under the gaiter (improved a
bit). So now I know where the cover is under the car, thanks to your vid,
I’ll investigate linkage etc. further…
Lowes part number #139355 – Rubber Grommet 5/8×5/16 (Hillman) On the Lowe’s
site, don’t let the image fool you – the actual grommet has more
squared-off shoulders, though it’s not as dense as the shock bushings you
used. I just needed to get it fixed ASAP so I used it, but I am planning on
making a long-term replacement one out of some block nylon I have. It was
such an easy fix, I still got to work before lunch – thanks again!
The manual says to fill up to 5-10 ml of the fill hole, with the car parked
on level ground.
Great video!!! my focus stoped shifting gears last night (saturday August
25) on the road, had to towed in to my house. ..I was worried that fixing
it would be costly and not on time for Monday work… After viewing this
video I went out and easily fixed the problem my self 🙂 two thumbs up! !