Manual gear selector centering spring

[Scoperboy]

Anyone have any recent experience replacing the spring that centres left to right the manual selector?

Also, sources where I can just buy the spring.

2010 mk7 Zetec 5 speed 1.6l

 

[scotman]

I cannot imagine that Ford will service the individual parts of the shifter assembly. It might be best to find another shifter and just replace the original one.

 

[scotman]

Thinking about this. Is the spring broken or gone entirely? If it’s gone, that means that the material that retains it may be worn down or broken off. So, a new shifter mechanism is in your future. If it’s just a broken spring, then you will probably have to go to a hardware store and purchase several springs of the same dimension and then swap in and out until you get a similar amount lever feel. That’s my best guess.