GearStick Rattle

[dorrick]

Hello again ,

Oh the joy's of owing a TVR ! , Had the car for a month now and so far seem to be asking for help everyday !!!

I have now noticed a metallic sound from the gearstick area at approx 2500 rpm , I took the centre column out and found the door control mounting plate was only fixed loosely with one screw , Thought that might be it , put it all back together and no the noise is still there .

I plan on drilling out the rivets this weekend and greasing the gear linkage .

Does anyone have any ideas what might be making this noise , are there plastic bushes etc that might have worn that can be replaced !

Regards

Neil

[penno]

If you have the T5 box then normally the rattle is because the bush around the gearstick shaft has been tightened to much so its compressed therefore the washer and nut make the rattle.

[dorrick]

Thanks for the answer I should have said I have the Rover gearbox !

[Blues]

It might sound abvious, but are you sure the ball "knob" is tight on the stick? This gives a strange rattle on mine when it is loose.

[dorrick]

Thansk for the suggestion Blues

I thought that it might be that myself as I had taken it off to replace the gatter a couple of weeks ago , but no it's on tight .

The gear change is still fine and the gearbox oil level is ok , changed the oil as it had a sticky gear change when I bought the car , But that turned out to be faulty Master and Slave clutch cylinders .

The rattle only started this week , It's only really noticable at low speed
Cant hear the radio yet alone a rattle when moving :-)

[Pagey430]

Hi all

Was there any solution to this one as I now have the same issue? (same LT77 box)

Appreciate any thoughts/experiences


John

[dorrick]

Hi ,

I have seemed to have cured my rattle by doing the following:

I removed the centre consule and drilled out the rivets holding the rubber gator around the gearstick

I then greased all of the linage I could get at and it seems to have solved the problem.

Hope this helps

Regards

Neil

[GreenV8S]

There is an anti-rattle spring between the gear lever and the retaining cup. I don't know whether it's possible for this to fail or what the symptoms would be, but you would have to guess it might involve some sort of rattling. Worth a check to make sure it's still in place?

[Pagey430]

I'm off tommorrow...so will give it a go then.

Many thanks

John