[alfa] reverse gear refusal

[GModelle@xxxxxxx]

my esteemed alfisti,
I gave advice once to an alfista who asked about his spider that jumped out 
of reverse gear.  My success in making this problem go away was dramatic with 
the replacement of the rear tranny mount. Now I have a decent transmission that 
exhibits this bad problem again, but the shifter does not bind and the mounts 
are new. I've been told that a transmission with a previous history of 
shifter binding, or chronically not going completely into gear, can wear-out the 
detent spring that holds the little ball into the selector rod. It seems 
reasonable, then, that a repair could be effected with the topside replacement of the 
spring, which is accessible from the outside of the tranny. Has anyone done 
such a repair?
Desperate purposes yield crazy questions. Thanks.
modelle in Somers Point
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