What just broke?

[TheAardvark]

Hi,

Just taking my '05 Boxster out for a spin... accelerating away from roundabout, tried to change gear, something went 'snap' and now I can't change gear.

Clutch seems to still work (as in it engages and disengages), so guessing either the gearbox is completely knackered or I've somehow sheared the gear lever away from the gearbox????

Anyway of telling definitively (without opening everything up)?

Merry Christmas, huh!

Green Flag are on their way...

TIA,

Will

[TheAardvark]

Sorry if this is a daft question, but what exactly is a gear linkage?

[TheAardvark]

OK - sound promising... definitely in keeping with what I experienced - started to pull back on the lever, placing force on it, then it went 'pop'. Can still move the gear lever, it just isn't having any impact on things at the business end...

Here's hoping, sounds like a fix for that is about 10x less than a new gearbox!

[TheAardvark]

So it was/is the cables linking the gear lever to the gearbox. One of them has sheared off. So, not great news, but not disastrous either!