James@CCC
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Registered: 10th Nov 03
Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire
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my gears, are really sloopy, not the actual gears cos it drives fine, just the gearstick. no matter wot gear im in i can always shake it like it where in neutral!
it caused great amusment when i first got the car, but its kinda wearing thin now 
i no its not the gearbox cos its the same after i had a new box with my engine conservion, so im thinkin linkage or something?
can anyone help? its a corsa b btw
cheers
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brummiesxi
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worn linkage?
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James@CCC
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wot would that mean? how hard to replace or wotever?
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Red_SXi
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Registered: 23rd Sep 02
Location: Dunstable Drives: 52 Plate BMW 3 M Sport Coupe
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Your tyres are here mate, i rang you the other morning but you sounded asleep then i got cut off Pick them up whenever mate 
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James@CCC
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lol, i guessed that was wot it was, was pretty grumpy i got woke up for nuttin  ill pick them up today i think...
and BUMP
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Greasemonkey
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yeah worn linkage, depending what engine ya got depends on how hard it might be due to tightness of space etc, if ya can get good access from above and below its not too bad but bear in mine the corsa gear linkage it shit and sloppy so it wont make that much difference
[Edited on 25-03-2005 by Greasemonkey]
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James@CCC
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hmmm, i took it apart a little, and it only wobble cos of this crap in here:
so has nothing to do with linkage and doing crap in the engine bay...yesh?
how can i tighten all this up? im guessing its just age?
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James@CCC
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bump for the new day
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PaulW
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that looks proper fooked!
get another from a scrappy, shouldnt be more than a few quid!
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James@CCC
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lol, easy to change yea?
would i need to chnage all of it?
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PaulW
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roll back the front carpet
just bolts in place
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Greasemonkey
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But like i said dont expect miracles the corsa gear linkage is pants, came sloppy as standard
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James@CCC
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how about if i buy a short shift thingy, i might as well buy better parts if im buying parts
would that replace all of that crap, and would it be much nmore precise?
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Greasemonkey
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nope wont replace that shit, it replaces the linkage on the gearbox, but will help a bit 
[Edited on 30-03-2005 by Greasemonkey]
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James@CCC
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screw it then, ill buy new bits from vauxhall so it should be just as it was out the factory, even if that was shit, itll still be a million times better than that poo
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