Just got into car and tried to select reverse gear, couldn't get it but could get the forward gears.
Now the gear stick feels wrong as if there is too much movement and it keeps flick back to the central position, is this something anyone else has suffered with.

And as always is there a solution.

cheers

It could be the selector cable possibly at the gearbox end. You would need to take the battery and tray out to get to it. Does the clutch feel ok.

you are right it is, the end has slipped off the selector, it looks like the centre has come out of the actual circular connector which looks a poor design.

hoping there is a kit or something I can change, the battery tray etc. is a pain to get out.

Can anyone tell me can you get a kit or does the whole cable have to be replaced?

Tony806 said:

you are right it is, the end has slipped off the selector, it looks like the centre has come out of the actual circular connector which looks a poor design.

hoping there is a kit or something I can change, the battery tray etc. is a pain to get out.

Can anyone tell me can you get a kit or does the whole cable have to be replaced?

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Hi plenty of info


Most just SEARCH the forums 500 section

Here you go :

https://www.fiatforum.com/500/459990-obtaining-gear-selector-cable-balljoint.html?459990=#post4339174

Superglue. Take the other bit off. Get it onnthe bench and lashings of superglue. Insert the ball that’s come apart and it’s good as new. I did one like that about 4 years ago and still going strong.

Thats what I did, I think it might have been an old post of yours I found, the picture was perfect and was the exact fault I had.

One thing to ask for future reference, the gear selector shaft\bar that has the nut holding it onto the gearbox, is that removable, I started to undo the bolt but the whole thing undid, the nut did not come off the stud it just unscrewed it, I stopped at that point in case it was not supposed to happen and I ended up ding more damage.