Toby Newman wrote:
> Earlier this month my '98 Citroen Saxo 1.1x clutch failed so I took
> it to a local mechanic: 'Autostop' in Bridgend.
>
> The invoice indicates that they carried out the following work:
> Replace clutch.
> Change gear oil.
>
> I have been driving the car since then, although not many miles,
> since it's Christmas.
>
> Suddently today, whilst driving, the gear stick became very loose in
> the side-to-side motion. Now it will only allow me to select 3rd and
> 4th (i.e. the two gears reached by pu****ng the stick forwards and
> backwards) and won't allow me to select the gears which require the
> stick to be moved left or right (1st, 2nd, 5th and reverse).
>
> It no longer springs back to the central position when in neutral -
> it just sits wherever you leave it left-to-right.
>
> I managed to limp home today but the clutch was stinking because I
> had to pull away in 3rd at every junction.
>
> I am planning to call the garage and ask them to take the car back
> in. I'm assuming this was caused by their failing to reassemble the
> car so will be asking them to repair free of charge.
>
> I would be pleased to hear any information or advice from this group
> which would help me in discussing this with the garage. Do you think
> this was their fault or do you think it is an unconnected coincidence?
It probably is their fault but the solution may be simple. I had a similar
problem on my Xantia after some work on the speedo sensor. What had
happened
was that a cable securing clip had got bent and was interfering with the
gear change mechanism. Difficult to spot unless you were right underneath
the car with someone operating the gearchange. The problem gradually got
worse due to the clip being bent further and further by the gearchange
until
I finally had to climb underneath and look for it. 30 seconds work with a
pair of pliers and all was well.
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Malc
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