Christmas Eve Shennanigans

1. RedB Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2007 Haywards Heath Posts: 8445

   #1 29th December 2007, 06:29

   Hey everyone
   
   On Christmas Eve of all nights my VTS decided to break down on me
   
   On the way home at 9pm and had to wait 4 hours to join the AA and get someone out!
   
   Anyways, here i was parked in a bus stop with the hazards on after losing all gears whilst a change from 2nd to 3rd
   And i knew it wasnt the clutch or driveshaft...
   
   Me and the engineer had a chat over the engine bay and a part of the gearing system that runs on a ball and socket method had just come loose...
   
   I know its french but what is the reason for this just coming out?
   What is this part called? iirc Gear Linkage...
   How much are they to get a new one or is it worth taking apart and re-fixing properly?
   
   Rep waiting for info
   
   Thanks
   Red
2. The_Notorious_C_A_T Established Member Joined: May 2007 Near Inverurie (kind of...) Posts: 2303 Twingo Silverstone

   #2 29th December 2007, 10:31

   From your description is it the 3 linkage rods? If so yeah, deffo replace and it's really not hard a job.
   
   They look like these and run around the back of the engine bay from the gearbox selector to the one that goes under the car that attaches to your gear stick.
   
   http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/saxo-vts-vtr-1...QQcmdZViewItem
   
   Reason could be wear and tear, or maybe the rubber part is fudged again due to wear and tear, if I am going on about the right part though lol
3. Ryanp Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut

   #3 29th December 2007, 13:17

   gearlinkages are cheap, they pop off from excessive force put on them/wear and tear.
   
   not a bad design tbh
4. Kwijibo_VTR Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2007 Peterhead Posts: 231 Citroen Saxo VTR

   #4 29th December 2007, 13:47

   This kinda happened to my VTR but somehow I was still getting gears with the amazment of my local garage staff. One of the big rubber balls had come off and the linkage was just flopping about inside. But I still got gears, yes it was a 5 mile throw between them all but it worked haha. Took 20 minutes and just about £10 to sort though so its worth doing.
5. mikevtr Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2007 malton north yorkshire Posts: 377 Silver citroen saxo vtr mk 2 120BHP

   #5 29th December 2007, 14:52

   i had the sme problem with myy vtr first time it was the gearbox blew when we got it off there was hole in the bellhousing you could see the diff cogs we had to sweep the garage up after what a mess it left and when we got the new gearbox in one of the linkrods was worn and popped off so i couldnt get gears PANICK but i got it sorted it was 14 quid for one linkrod from the pugeot parts desk hope that helps at all they are also on ebay for some alloy ones with clips on them to stop them popping off
6. RedB Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2007 Haywards Heath Posts: 8445

   #6 30th December 2007, 20:17

   Cheers for the help and advice everyone
   
   Had a rough idea of what it was and how to fix them but just wanted some opinions and war stories
   
   For the record the drive home on Crimbo eve was one of the best driving experiences of my life hehe
   Easy on the gears, cruised back with some Skylines, Golf, Audis and Mercs down four/five lanes of empty motorway
   
   Thanks again
   Red
7. Ryanp Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut

   #7 30th December 2007, 20:18

   if you fit them do a better job of them than you did your oil
8. RedB Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2007 Haywards Heath Posts: 8445

   #8 30th December 2007, 22:12

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Ryan if you fit them do a better job of them than you did your oil

   Was waiting for that
   
   Thankyou lol and that was a joint effort at Trax
9. Ryanp Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut

   #9 30th December 2007, 22:18

   it did make me laugh, when you said 'slightly over' i wasnt worried for you.
   
   when i saw smoke and a few other guys off the forum told me just how much 'slightly over' was i was shitting bricks.
10. RedB Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2007 Haywards Heath Posts: 8445

    #10 30th December 2007, 22:44

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Ryan it did make me laugh, when you said 'slightly over' i wasnt worried for you. when i saw smoke and a few other guys off the forum told me just how much 'slightly over' was i was shitting bricks.

    So you were worried for me?
    
    Bless
    
    It wasnt the track session i had in mind
    Hardly put my foot down as everytime i went over around 3,000RPM
    the smoke came out before getting thicker
    
    Its nice that as soon as we were leaving after the car had cooled down no more smoke came out as i had burned most of it off
11. RedB Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2007 Haywards Heath Posts: 8445

    #11 30th December 2007, 22:45

    Schoolboy tbh
    
    RR day and my first track event of 08 soon tho
    Plans for the car are getting there so il be giving it some this year around Rockingham, Donny, Silverstone and probably a fair few more
12. Ryanp Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut

    #12 30th December 2007, 22:49

    just remeber not to overfill the oil next time.
13. RedB Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2007 Haywards Heath Posts: 8445

    #13 30th December 2007, 22:56

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Ryan just remeber not to overfill the oil next time.

    Thanks
    
    Were you on track or spectating that day bud?
14. Ryanp Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut

    #14 30th December 2007, 23:00

    both, i was pissing about in the ssc session in the 8v.
    
    i decided that the exige doing a drift in the first bend was something i wanted to do so kept playing with lift off oversteer lol!
15. RedB Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2007 Haywards Heath Posts: 8445

    #15 30th December 2007, 23:02

    I drifted on 3 corners as my tires werent warm enough to grip properly lol
    
    I want an exige for next year
    The black charged one was immmmmense
16. Ryanp Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut

    #16 30th December 2007, 23:05

    i just felt like being a cocky cunt.