What is this picture?

  1. L-plater Joined: May 2010 Hythe, Kent. Posts: 76 Mauritius Blue Saxo VTR MK1
    #1
    Can someone tell me what this is which is rattling under my car (in the picture)? I've looked in the Haynes manual but nothing in there. Is it something to do with the handbrake? Does anybody know how I can stop the thing from rattling? Also if it is the handbrake, the garage fitted a new one last month but it's floppy as fuck and goes up to around 8 ratchets. Would their work be under warranty and would they have to fix it? Cheers.

  2. Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2008 Plymouth, Fiddling - under a two poster ramp Posts: 14064 Audi
    #2
    gear linkage dude!
    have you still got the bush in the centre part?
  3. Established Member Joined: Oct 2007 Watford Posts: 1636 2001 VTR ... silver S
    #3
    like tonto said...if its definitely that rattling then its almost certain to be the bush worn, therefore metal wil be hitting metal
  4. L-plater Joined: May 2010 Hythe, Kent. Posts: 76 Mauritius Blue Saxo VTR MK1
    #4
    It's got a big rubber thing on the right hand side of it (in the pic) if that's what you mean. Is the gear linkage supposed to rattle around and if not would it be this that causes the knocking in low gears? Cheers mate.
  5. Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2008 Plymouth, Fiddling - under a two poster ramp Posts: 14064 Audi
    #5
    in the pic, you have your selector rod, which is comming up from the gearstick, over the arb, into the slector / linkage... in that part / end of the slector there should be a big bush!
    if that is worn / missing as this is common, it will rattle.

    you will also find the gear stick has now become sloppy, and possibly finding it difficult getting into gears / reverse.
    ive replaced mine TWICE now lol...

    hmm you say it could be the handbrake... check the cables are knocking against anything, or that its not a head shield either.

    is it when driving, certain revs, in neutral ticking over . . .
  6. L-plater Joined: May 2010 Hythe, Kent. Posts: 76 Mauritius Blue Saxo VTR MK1
    #6
    I might be monging here mate as the thing only rattles in neutral but there's a rattling under the car (coming from the front left) when i'm driving. The gear stick isn't floppy and gear changes are fine. Thinking about it, it's only started happening since I had it lowered 50mm but kept the standard shocks on. When I jack the front end up there is a little play in the left wheel though I had the nearside and offside driveshaft replaced last month. It's annoying the fuck out of me!
  7. Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 Blackpool, UK (occasionaly Isle Of Wight) Posts: 1121 Citroen Saxo VTR 2001 Eunos Roadster
    #7
    Same problem on mine. Haynes call it the Bellcrack Assembley ( the bit that's broke)
  8. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2009 Milton Keynes Posts: 164 98 Saxo VTR
    #8
    i think thats the problem with mine because it is really sloppy. Can you still get the bush from citroen
  9. Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 Blackpool, UK (occasionaly Isle Of Wight) Posts: 1121 Citroen Saxo VTR 2001 Eunos Roadster
    #9
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by qpr4eva4 View Post
    i think thats the problem with mine because it is really sloppy. Can you still get the bush from citroen
    Think you would need to but a new unit as it's just a rubber ball which if you could get on by yourself it would probably fall off
  10. Established Member Joined: May 2009 Middlesbrough Posts: 1143 citroen saxo 1.1 forte orange mango :)
    #10
    my car is the same, brush is missing from the selector rod, makes it harder to get into reverse but it nothing major and is on my list to fix
  11. Established Member Joined: May 2008 Thanet, Kent Posts: 1529 White MkII VTS Black MkII VTS
    #11
    http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho....php?p=4476999

    I need to get one or two of these myself.