designated hereinafter by 1 2 the shifting track for gears 3 and 4 is designated by 3 4 and the shifting track for gears 5 and 6 is designated by 5 6 the positions of the gearshift selector lever 1 at the respective end of the shifting tracks corresponding to the engaged gear are depicted by the dashed lines 13 in the diagram a central line 14 representing a position of the gearshift selector lever 1 in the selector track 4 is also shown by a dashed line a guide finger 9 is disposed between each two neighboring shifting tracks 5 on the link plate 2 on both sides of the selector track 4 adjacent to the points of intersection of the selector and shifting tracks 4 5 triangular sections are recessed from the link plate 2 so that the guide fingers 9 have an oblique flank 10 on one of their longitudinal sides in each case two guide fingers located opposite one another between two identical shifting tracks 5 on both sides of the selector track 4 are provided with the oblique flanks 10 on respectively opposite longitudinal sides the flanks 10 of these opposite fingers 9 are parallel to one another and the distance between the parallels formed by the two oblique flanks 10 corresponds at least to the thickness of a stick of the gearshift selector lever 1 projecting through the link plate 2 so that the gearshift selector lever 1 can be moved along the two oblique flanks 10 without a change of direction an angle u03b1 formed by the flanks 10 with an edge of.