A quick update on this one, Neal called me again and ,with the help of a friend,removed the ally tower to find that ,as predicted, the guide rails /'hooks' on the selector had bent apart stopping the linkage comming out of gear...Neal will be getting a 2002 Focus shiter tower & rod ends from HMS Inc in a couple of weeks....watch out for tose 'fast' shiftes guys, either you can bend the hooks or ,worse case shear that damm bolt....upgrade the tower asap for your own piece of mind...