Technical Gear Stick Centering Spring Broken

[Telegraph]

Hi has any one else had their gear stick stop springing back between third and fourth gear. I have found that torsion spring under the fake leather has broken and is apparently not available. I have been to dealers and £200 for a new assembly and it would involve taking half the dash apart. A local spring manufacturer says he can make me a new spring but £100 grrrr.
Just another Croma Joy.
Rich.

 

[Doofer]

If you take a photo of it I'd bet that someone here would know what it is and where to get one.

 

[Telegraph]

Thank you Doofer here are the photos of the spring and where it lives. The dealer showed me the gear stick mount on fiat eper and there isn't even a view of the right side of the gear stick mount, only the coil spring that pulls the reverse sleeve down was available.
The centering spring is held in position by a plastic washer and a star washer it would be an easy fix with a new item. Looks like I will have to stump up £100 for the thing.

 

[Telegraph]

Turns out that the spring firm want nearly £200 for 2 springs ,so I have ordered some spring steel wire and will spend some time down the shed (again).:nutter:.

 

[s130]

Not "The Shed Again!"......

Looking at your broken spring I'm thinking that you could also possibly "sleeve" mend this spring with a fine bore metal tube section (or similar) and some careful crimping.

Worth a try.

 

[locker14]

I have the same problem with my 2008 Croma: the 2-armed spring of the gear lever is broken. Actually, only one of the arms has disappeared, the other arm is still there and working. The result: the gear stick does not center in the lower gears, but centering works fine in higher gears.

Here's a photo of what it looks like. My car dealer says the entire gear unit needs to be replaced, which is quite expensive (€ 200 +) and involves disassembly of half the dashboard. What if I would just remove the spring and replace it by a spring of a used gear unit? Is it possible to remove the spring retainer and the spring by myself? Any advice is very much appreciated