C3 1.4i Lx Gear Select

[zad]

Evening,

I have a 03 plate c3 and the gear shift has gone harder through the full selection of gears.It does not crunch into gear or anything its just not a smooth as it used to be when changing to any gear when its turned on or not.

 

Any help would be really appreciated..

 

Thanks

 

Darren

[stimulator]

Sounds like it needs a lub job, have you been through any deep water or snow?

[flitwick]

Evening,

I have a 03 plate c3 and the gear shift has gone harder through the full selection of gear's does not crunch into gear or anything its just not a smooth as it used to be when changing to any gear when its turned on or not.

 

Any help would be really appreciated..

 

Thanks

 

Darren

Sound similar to what i had a couple of years ago as you might know the linkage on the c3 is cabled joining a selector at the gear box end you may get away with having this greased up if not some early c3s had a plastic part on top of the selector mechanism which was plastic and warped causing the same problems.Its worth greasing first as we have had a lot of salt on the road of late .Linkage change looks tricky in the manual best left to a garage