Gears?

[Jake_GTI 0]

have just driven home, luckily i made it all the way!

just shifting into first to park my gear lever has gone loose, car wont go into gear, feels like the linkage has gone!

could this be the synchro mesh?? the car is an '86 1.6 gti.

is it a common problem?? i am new to 205's only had the car less than a month!

need help as it is my only method of transport

[Anteas 0]

have just driven home, luckily i made it all the way!

just shifting into first to park my gear lever has gone loose, car wont go into gear, feels like the linkage has gone!

could this be the synchro mesh?? the car is an '86 1.6 gti.

is it a common problem?? i am new to 205's only had the car less than a month!

need help as it is my only method of transport

 

sounds like the gear rod has fallen off the linkage sycromesh tends to make gear changes crunchy not impossible

Edited December 6, 2009 by Anteas

[boombang 2]

A very quick search found me hundreds of topics!

 

This may help:

 

http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?s...st&p=832213

 

One of the rods most likely has popped off. For not push it back on and long term get a new set. PM Miles off here or buy off his ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Peugeot-205-GTi-Mi16...=item518ec891ce

[Jake_GTI 0]

cheers guys

[Jake_GTI 0]

have just had a look under and in the engine bay and the rod at the top of the L linkage has popped off, i have pushed it back on now but it is still very loose so im not driving the car till it's fixed, is it an expensive problem to repair??

[Peetypug 5]

see miles

he sells uprated rods that are fantastic

[timmsy19 3]

Hi Jake

 

I know the guy you brought the car from.

 

the linkages arnt to bad a job to replace. Miles sells them on eBay for less than £50 I think and as said they are top quality

Edited December 6, 2009 by timmsy19

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

the links will take no more than 20 minutes to replace.

[SurGie 54]

(TIP)

 

 

I use the track rod end tool to prise the old ones out that were hard to remove.

 

Also, i recently just had to replace the long linkage rod on my BE gear linkage on my 86 GT 1.4, but for a week i kept the old one on.

I drove it carefully last week and didn't go round corners to hard as it kept popping off.

The car can be used by just letting the old rod rest on top of the connection bit if you need to, just take your time when driving