Jake_GTI 0 Posted December 6, 2009 have just driven home, luckily i made it all the way! just shifting into first to park my gear lever has gone loose, car wont go into gear, feels like the linkage has gone! could this be the synchro mesh?? the car is an '86 1.6 gti. is it a common problem?? i am new to 205's only had the car less than a month! need help as it is my only method of transport Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anteas 0 Posted December 6, 2009 (edited) have just driven home, luckily i made it all the way! just shifting into first to park my gear lever has gone loose, car wont go into gear, feels like the linkage has gone! could this be the synchro mesh?? the car is an '86 1.6 gti. is it a common problem?? i am new to 205's only had the car less than a month! need help as it is my only method of transport sounds like the gear rod has fallen off the linkage sycromesh tends to make gear changes crunchy not impossible Edited December 6, 2009 by Anteas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boombang 2 Posted December 6, 2009 A very quick search found me hundreds of topics! This may help: http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?s...st&p=832213 One of the rods most likely has popped off. For not push it back on and long term get a new set. PM Miles off here or buy off his ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Peugeot-205-GTi-Mi16...=item518ec891ce Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake_GTI 0 Posted December 6, 2009 have just had a look under and in the engine bay and the rod at the top of the L linkage has popped off, i have pushed it back on now but it is still very loose so im not driving the car till it's fixed, is it an expensive problem to repair?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peetypug 5 Posted December 6, 2009 see miles he sells uprated rods that are fantastic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timmsy19 3 Posted December 6, 2009 (edited) Hi Jake I know the guy you brought the car from. the linkages arnt to bad a job to replace. Miles sells them on eBay for less than £50 I think and as said they are top quality Edited December 6, 2009 by timmsy19 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simes 248 2 Cars Posted December 6, 2009 the links will take no more than 20 minutes to replace. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SurGie 54 Posted December 6, 2009 (TIP) I use the track rod end tool to prise the old ones out that were hard to remove. Also, i recently just had to replace the long linkage rod on my BE gear linkage on my 86 GT 1.4, but for a week i kept the old one on. I drove it carefully last week and didn't go round corners to hard as it kept popping off. The car can be used by just letting the old rod rest on top of the connection bit if you need to, just take your time when driving Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
