Vauxhall Corsa Gear Linkage Upgrade | Common Problem Fix 

hi, how has the replacement part fared. Does it function normaly and have you had any issued with this repalcement part. Thanks

Glad it helped

No problem mate good stuff!

did you try setting the rod to about the same length as the oem gear linkage and did you have the shifter in the neutral position when changing it?

Yes it self centred as long as you setup your gears after installing it👍🏻

Late reply, I know, but the linkages are notorious for breaking on the Corsa C. Even if you manage to get the stick to stay in gear, the broken linkage won't actually select the gear, it'll just be flopping around somewhere. A new linkage is needed.

Yes you can replace the cap. it might be late as this was 6 months ago, but part number for just the cap is 93185377 . Mine has the cap missing too so i found this out. hope it helps

What do you mean?

@@GeorgeAusters How many hours labor to do the job. It's not in our mechanics Labor guide we can't find it

Yes. Here is the link: ebay.us/3X31OP

Do you have some play in the gear selector? Usually the plastic wears over time and makes it hard to get into 1st gear.

@@hawk_bl Yes i do! Thank you for your answer. I will have a look at this!!

Ticking doesn’t mean your timing chain is necessarily bad👍🏻

Could be your lifters

Mustn’t have been tensioned right then. Mine was done 10k+ ago and still isn’t near ticking or rattling

There is a workaround. Drop a Z18XE in and it comes with belts instead of chains.

Possibly

transmission is fuckd m8

Hi mines 2 was this the reason

you can find this replacement kit upgrade on eBay from a UK supplier

Yeah mine used to jump out of 2nd, I think the rod needs making a little longer

Just had a look at the site you recommend and looked up the gear linkage repair kits for the Vauxhall Meriva A and all the pictures show a plastic linkage rod and not the metal upgrade linkage rod! I expect to need this upgrade repair on a second hand Meriva I am considering buying...

On my corsa c Reverse is 1st gear - 1st is 2nd gear - 3rd is 5th gear, to put the car is reverse i have to put ALOT of presure and force it over there. Hopfully it will just adjust as the gear linkage looks fine

@@billsteadman6923 ok this may sound a little unorthodox but in your case your linkage is misaligned the opposite to how mine was after following alignment instructions. What I did was not tighten the linkage bolt to 100% possible but to say 80% so it would change gear but not resist being pushed further the permit correcting of the misalignment. Mine was letting me slip into reverse without pulling the reverse ring up. Reverse was sharing 1st gears location. the opposite of yours. On mine I would go into 2nd gear position and push further over to the passenger side (right hand drive car) you should slacken off the linkage bolt a little assuming it is not already slightly loose and put gear lever in fourth gear and gently but assertively pull to the right towards the proper fourth gear location... move it a little at a time and go to recheck the Reverse and First gear locations to ensure they are moving towards the correct locations. Continue until you are happy with the correct gear selections and if you go too far just nudge it back the other way. Bear in mind that you have to be sensible and just gorilla wrenching the lever with the linkage bolt 100% tight will break the plastic or gearbox!

Get her changed

The black plastic cover that goes over the pivot point that needs removing? You can just break it if you have another, but you’re supposed to just lift up the tabs around it

@@GeorgeAusters thanks bro, will have a look at it

I couldn’t afford to make these videos without having some ads sorry mate

Why ? And why watch if you think so .. fuckin idiot