Afternoon all

I've had an on going issue with my wobbly/slack gear stick since I bought the car new back in 2011, its a diesel CR Octy RS. The main issue has been that when the gear stick is moved into gear there is a loud clunking sound from under the gaiter at the white plastic ball joint. Every time I had it in the garage they just caked the ball joint in white grease and said all was good!!! Eventually I just gave up  and just continued to drive it, its still only covered 25k miles. The other issue has been that when in most gears the gearstick has a good bit of side to side play.

 

What are others cars like? Does you have a lot of play when in gear? or loud sounds when going into gear? I have watched a good few of diesel geeks vids regarding the gear linkage and much of it looks straight forward to adjust but some looks like a garage job. Thoughts, pics, vids welcome.

 

Cheers

 

Kit

No one any views? comments? suggestions? Like take it outside and set fire to it?

 

K

Ahhh....  guys don't leave me hanging!!!! Surely someone has an input here?

 

K:)

There is a video on youtube about putting a shim in somewhere to tighten up the play in older worn gear sticks not sure if that would help you any or not.

There is a video on youtube about putting a shim in somewhere to tighten up the play in older worn gear sticks not sure if that would help you any or not.

 

I did this on an old Ford Focus

 

Dead simple and cured the wobble instantly 

 

If you pull up the gaiter you'll probably spot where you'd need to add a shim if necessary...

Cheers guys, i'll have a look for the vid and see what's what with it...more just annoyed that's its been like this since day one and the car has only done 25k from new as well!!!

 

cheers

kit