Device for adjusting a two-part gear lever

Apparatus for manually altering the mutual position setting of a first part and second part of a two-part gear lever mounted articulatedly in a vehicle where said first part is an upper lever element having a longitudinal centerline and said second part is a lower lever element articulately connected to the upper lever element by means of a link, said link including a first articulating device fixed to the lower end of the upper lever element and a second articulating device fixed to the upper end of the lower lever element, said first and second articulating devices being coupled together, and a locking mechanism operative between said lever elements which normally prevents mutual movement of said lever elements, the improvement wherein said second articulating device comprises a holder having spaced-apart sidewalls and a reference wall which connects said sidewalls and which has a position-fixing portion and a supporting spindle extending between said sidewalls, said first articulating device comprises a guide sleeve rotatably mounted about said supporting spindle on said second articulating device, and wherein said locking mechanism comprises a setting sleeve mounted for rotational and longitudinal movement on said upper lever element, said sleeve having a lower portion comprising a setting crown having at least two position-fixing protrusions which are spaced from each other circumferentially and are spaced at different radial distances from said centerline of said upper lever element, whereby said setting sleeve is movable downward for its setting crown to engage said position-fixing portion of said holder to thereby fix the position of said upper lever element relative to said lower lever element, said guide sleeve being rotatable before being movable downward for determining which of its position-fixing protrusions will engage said position-fixing portion of said holder, where said different radial distances of said position fixing protrusions correspond to different angular positions of said upper and lower lever element respectively when said setting sleeve engages said holder.