Xantia Stiff Clutch & Clunky Gears

[goddardo]

I have a 1999 Xantia Sensation which has done 75,000 & it's had a stiff clutch for some time now.

It got to the point where the pedal was clicking as I pressed it down but that's now stopped.

More worryingly, in the last 3 weeks or so the gear change has become much more stiff & clunky.

I have to really push the gearstick to get it in 1st & 2nd although it seems to ease off intermitently then come back again.

I have a friend who works on my cars & his advice is to try replacing the clutch cable first & see if that improves matters. What I want to avoid though is spending large amounts of money on a car of this age as I have also recently had a replacement exhaust fitted.

 

Any advice would be much appreciated :unsure:

[flatmajor]

hi there well the same thing happend to me then the clutch went i thought it was the cable snapping but it was the clutch cable clip that broke. heres the bad news it took me a day and a half to fix, i did not fancy taking the dash out so i done it another way heres a link http://www.aussiefrogs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49230

you could do it the dash board way its a 5 spanner in the haynes and so much has to come out.

I was going to scrap my xantia but i percerverd with it. this was yesterday now ive a hydraulic leak now and need to fit a regulator shere happy days.