Broken Gearbox Linkage

[bling]

Linkage on my Chim 400 gearbox just broke....
Am about 20 miles from home, just want to know is it safe to drive back home???

I can still select the gears, but the gear lever has a really long travel...

Please help!!

[trefor]

Probably OK, stick it in third and stay in the same gear all the way, torque can come in handy sometimes.

It's not happened to me, but I believe there is a linkage widget that comes off on the top of the gearbox and isn't too hard to fix ... I hope your problem is this 'simple' one instead of something more sinister.

Trefor/.

[bling]

is this a job, i can do myself???
the garage charged me £200, the last time this happened!

[marco]

Hi

Do you mean that the "H" has disappeared and the lever flops around?

If so then I had this on my old Griff and Peninsula fixed it plus a new door actuator for around £100. Reconed it was a bit fiddly but not an expensive job.

Where was the £200 cost from out of interest? (Main dealer?)

Cheers


Marco

[lordpearson]

Same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago. (for the second time). It shouldn't cost much.

But I've had a problem with 2nd syncro mesh for a long time so I am getting the whole transmission replaced.

good luck