Issue with gear box

Knipples · 24-05-2011, 07:30

First of all ****ing car! Its cost me the best part of a grand the last year, and now its breaking again.

Basically it hasn't liked going into second gear for quite a few months now, but nothing that I couldnt sort with a bit of brute force. However now its refusing to go into 1st gear at times, to the point where I physically can't get it in gear, and am going round corners in 3rd gear because I cant get 1st or 2nd.

Someone mentioned that it might be the little bit of plastic that you select the gears into, which I am really hoping it is, because that doesnt sound expensive, is there anything else it could be? Surely if the gear box was dying it would be a different problem that I am having.

Need to get my Dads mate to look at it, because I just dont trust garages (being a woman) but its getting to the point I am hurting myself trying to get it into gear, and scaring myself because I cant.

Any advice would be useful. 52 plate corsa sxi (no corsa jokes thankyou please

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volospian · 24-05-2011, 08:15

It looks like gear linkage issues are common on the corsa, you can buy a new part from somewhere like this.

It *could* be another issue, but if it's clutch operation, you would probably have issues in every gear (I remember that just before the slave cylinder went in my TVR 1st, 2nd and reverse were very difficult to engage, while the rest were just a bit clunky, although reverse is always difficult to engage on that car, you need to change into 5th first, or it will always crunch

).

It could also be a 'box issue, I suppose, but from the sounds of it I'd put my money on the gear linkage issue.

Knipples · 24-05-2011, 08:24

How much is that likely to be. I've just had a rather stressful drive to work, and as the vauxhall garage is down the road its just been booked in there so I can stop worrying.

Jonny69 · 24-05-2011, 08:31

Your gearstick is connected to the gearbox with cables or rods. It might be worn and need adjusting.

Knipples · 24-05-2011, 08:49

I just (slowly) dropped it off. Can't afford vauxhall prices but better that than how shaky I feel right now after my drive to work

Knipples · 24-05-2011, 09:52

Gear linkage. If they can do a partial fix of it it's £165, if it needs to be completely redone it's £220 *cries*

volospian · 24-05-2011, 10:29

Bloody hell, the part is only about £38 from that site I linked. I'd buy the part and take it to a general garage, it can't be that difficult to fit!

TinkerBell · 24-05-2011, 10:45

Yup. Definately gear linkage. I had a corsa and my gear linkage broke twice before I sold it. If you can get the metal gear linkage put in instead of the standard plastic one as it will last a hell of alot longer. It is more expensive though. On mine it was the ball and socket part of the linkage that broke, rubbed away and popped out eventually which meant no gears at all.

TinkerBell · 24-05-2011, 10:48

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Originally Posted by volospian

Bloody hell, the part is only about £38 from that site I linked. I'd buy the part and take it to a general garage, it can't be that difficult to fit!

I believe that when I was looking at getting mine fixed the part alone from vauxhall was at least £100 put then it was the full linkage not the repair kit.

Knipples · 24-05-2011, 12:12

They've done it for £165. Daylight robbery but at least it's fixed.

24-05-2011, 08:31	#4
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	Your gearstick is connected to the gearbox with cables or rods. It might be worn and need adjusting. __________________

24-05-2011, 10:45	#8
TinkerBell Dirty Spammer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the middle! Posts: 2,454	Yup. Definately gear linkage. I had a corsa and my gear linkage broke twice before I sold it. If you can get the metal gear linkage put in instead of the standard plastic one as it will last a hell of alot longer. It is more expensive though. On mine it was the ball and socket part of the linkage that broke, rubbed away and popped out eventually which meant no gears at all. __________________

24-05-2011, 08:15	#2
volospian Vodka Martini Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 786	It looks like gear linkage issues are common on the corsa, you can buy a new part from somewhere like this. It could be another issue, but if it's clutch operation, you would probably have issues in every gear (I remember that just before the slave cylinder went in my TVR 1st, 2nd and reverse were very difficult to engage, while the rest were just a bit clunky, although reverse is always difficult to engage on that car, you need to change into 5th first, or it will always crunch ). It could also be a 'box issue, I suppose, but from the sounds of it I'd put my money on the gear linkage issue.

24-05-2011, 10:29	#7
volospian Vodka Martini Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 786	Bloody hell, the part is only about £38 from that site I linked. I'd buy the part and take it to a general garage, it can't be that difficult to fit!