I previously posted regarding a gearbox failure on my 1.6 sport (54) which suffered from the seemingly common fault of the diff pin failing and ruining the diff casing. As a result i stripped the gearbox down had it completely restored including a replacement diff and diff casing.
Fortunately this hasn't happened again... but i have an issue with my gearbox again. I have been using the car for a few months now with no issues at all, but just this evening i was changing from 4th to 5th then lost drive and the selector was stuck in 5th and it wasn't easily coming out. After pulling over i pulled it out of 5th, tried the other gears (1-4 and reverse all work fine) but when putting it 5th, the gearstick feels very light and soft slotting into the 5th gate and the same problem, no drive and very hard to pull out of 5th.
I'm assuming this is a gear linkage problem? I'm not sure whether i need a new linkage, whether it needs adjustment or something more serious. It is probably an issue which has arisen from having the gearbox rebuilt since i couldn't find this fault on this forum anywhere. It seems a common fault on the corsa since the gearbox linkage is made from plastic and wears out.
If its not raining i'll probably get her up on the ramps tomorrow, go through the annoying task of taking off the wheel arch lining and bumper and investigate further.
Any help or clues to this problem would be greatly appreciated
Fortunately this hasn't happened again... but i have an issue with my gearbox again. I have been using the car for a few months now with no issues at all, but just this evening i was changing from 4th to 5th then lost drive and the selector was stuck in 5th and it wasn't easily coming out. After pulling over i pulled it out of 5th, tried the other gears (1-4 and reverse all work fine) but when putting it 5th, the gearstick feels very light and soft slotting into the 5th gate and the same problem, no drive and very hard to pull out of 5th.
I'm assuming this is a gear linkage problem? I'm not sure whether i need a new linkage, whether it needs adjustment or something more serious. It is probably an issue which has arisen from having the gearbox rebuilt since i couldn't find this fault on this forum anywhere. It seems a common fault on the corsa since the gearbox linkage is made from plastic and wears out.
If its not raining i'll probably get her up on the ramps tomorrow, go through the annoying task of taking off the wheel arch lining and bumper and investigate further.
Any help or clues to this problem would be greatly appreciated
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