simonph Posted January 31, 2007 Posted January 31, 2007 Last night my wife was driving home in her 1.4 53 plate LX C3. Whilst in motion the gear stick became more 'floppy' and then got stuck in first. After much intense wiggling the gear finally came out but there was a clunk from beneath the driver's seat! The car then allowed gear changes but with less resistance on the gear stick and a host of creaks and a worrying grinding.. I'm praying to god this isn't a gearbox change, anybody have an idea? :blink: Quote
simonph Posted January 31, 2007 Author Posted January 31, 2007 Apparently a lever has gone inside the gearbox and will cost £150 to fix.. Not as horrendous as the gearbox going completely but still p*sses me off. Quote
kfk Posted January 31, 2007 Posted January 31, 2007 Last night my wife was driving home in her 1.4 53 plate LX C3. Whilst in motion the gear stick became more 'floppy' and then got stuck in first. After much intense wiggling the gear finally came out but there was a clunk from beneath the driver's seat! The car then allowed gear changes but with less resistance on the gear stick and a host of creaks and a worrying grinding.. I'm praying to god this isn't a gearbox change, anybody have an idea? :blink: If you take a look under the bonnet and find where the gear cables connect to the gearbox you may find that you have a spare rod thats supposed to clip onto 'something'. Alternatively the 'something' is still there and waiting for you to take it out of the engine compartment and keep it safe. The 'Something' is a fairly haevy bit of cast metal held in place by one bolt thats supposed to pivot and damp out vibrations going through the gear lever. What happens in reality is the bolt seizes in the casting causing the gearchange to become stiff over time (2 hand gearchnges?) and eventualy shears off flush with the gearbox. So does it need it.......well if its not there you probably wont miss it, if it is there you will see that the snapped part of the bolt sits at a funny angle and isnt the easiest thing for an apprentice to drill out! If it was mine?........i'd make sure the metal casting wasnt still in the engine compartment and drive with a nice easy gearchange. Quote
simonph Posted January 31, 2007 Author Posted January 31, 2007 all rings true.. the dealer said mentioned something about 'weights' and 'levers' and then mentioned that something would need to be drilled and screwed. they're gonna try and make a claim to citroen but i'm not holding my breath. Quote
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