Any advice on how to adjust the linkage?!

What tools do i need? and is it easy to do?

Sounds like the linkage has worn slightly and needs adjusting. get yea spanners out.

I've got Corsa B, and similar problems like yours. It's been written very few about the gearbox oil here, but it turned out that it was the problem with mine. I changed the gearbox oil and in the next 100 km the gears were getting better and better.
I think you should change this oil every 100 000 km - i know that your car is not that old, but i recommend you to go to a garage to check the gearbox oil and change it (it ain't that expensive).

other thing that might be the problem is alignment of the gear stick and the gearbox rod - recommend done in garage either, cos here is a tutorial for doing this for the corsa b.

cheers, good luck

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Originally posted by Corsa_Man
Hi,

I am having problems with my gearbox.
To start with i was having problems getting into first and second. But now i am also having problems getting into reverse!
When i say problems i mean you really need to force it in most of the time, Even though sometimes it isnt a problem.
And the problem with reverse is that you lift the collor up and push over to the left and try to put it into reverse but it juse dosnt want to go or it now seems to go further over to the left than before and wont go up or down!

Car details:
Corsa C 1 litre '52 plate done 40k miles
Does have 17's on it but problem was there since before they went on and has been getting worse

Anyone got any ideas? It is still under warrenty at vauxhall (3 years and i have reported it already) so i will get them to look at it for me or is it something i can do easily and cheaply?

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Nah not the clutch beacuse it dosnt need to be anywhere near the floor to bite/engage

They will probably void it after the work has been done or before it has been done?

well a bad prob with the Corsa B was that the clutch cabel sometimes streches, with that heppening even though you've got your foot flat on the clutch it aint actiually down all the way so when your changing gear it won't go in because the clutch aint alla way down. Tis my theory newaze, prolly a completely diff reason.

if its under warrentey vaux wont charge you to fix it. just take any mods off you can and take it back, they will probably void the warrenty

Yeah i know i am but i get annoyed with it and just try to ram it in lol.
Do you know what the problem is?

Your doing the worst thing ever forcing it in mate! take ya foot of the clutch, put it back down again as firm as poss and it should go in, i sometimes have similar probs with 1st and reverse, not second though.

Hi,

I am having problems with my gearbox.
To start with i was having problems getting into first and second. But now i am also having problems getting into reverse!
When i say problems i mean you really need to force it in most of the time, Even though sometimes it isnt a problem.
And the problem with reverse is that you lift the collor up and push over to the left and try to put it into reverse but it juse dosnt want to go or it now seems to go further over to the left than before and wont go up or down!

Car details:
Corsa C 1 litre '52 plate done 40k miles
Does have 17's on it but problem was there since before they went on and has been getting worse

Anyone got any ideas? It is still under warrenty at vauxhall (3 years and i have reported it already) so i will get them to look at it for me or is it something i can do easily and cheaply?