Mikeboy
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Registered: 12th Jun 02
Location: Wiltshire Drives: SXi DTi
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They're finally going to sort out my problems properly, rather than just lubricating things.
Got clunky gears , so they're fitting one of these new linkages, with metal balljoints rather than plastic ones ??
And squeaky clutch, so I'm getting new parts for the cylinder thingy to fix that .
 Cant wait 
Has anyone else got one of these 'new' linkages ? Are they better than the old ones ?
Cheers
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Munchie
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Wat u mean clunky gears?!
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Mikeboy
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Registered: 12th Jun 02
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They clunk when you select a gear !
When it was new it was perfectly silent and so gentle. You could just nudge the lever with your little finger and it would glide in with ease.... But now I need to really push it firmly to get it into gear, and about 50% of the time of crunches slightly as it goes in
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Munchie
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yeh mate mine does that. vaux said it wasnt a problem tho...hmm
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chris_uk
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Registered: 8th Jul 03
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mine does that from 2nd to 3rd,
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Mikeboy
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Registered: 12th Jun 02
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Mmmmmmm
Mines been back for the same thing 3-4 times. All they were doing before was lubricating something 
My mate works at the Post Office. He said that they were having to replace the linkages with new ones on dozens and dozens of their Corsa vans for the exact same problem.
As soon as I said that to the manager at the garage this morning he said he'd order one of the new ones in and give that a try
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Scotty_B
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Registered: 11th Jun 03
Location: East Kilbride
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Mine had the linkage replaced last month under warrrenty. I had trouble getting 1st gear. Much better now though, very smooth.
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matt_jonesuk
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Registered: 27th Feb 03
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i got a new clutch in august and it was clunking and makin some horrible noises when i selected gears after about 30 mins of driving it wouldnt change gear at all lol
i adjusted the clutch an jus glides in to gear now
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Mikeboy
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Registered: 12th Jun 02
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cool !
cheers
Can't wait for it to be smooth again
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Munchie
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let me know how u get on mate!!! also exactly wat they did to the car....im gonna twat vauxhall haha
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Mikeboy
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LOL, yep ok no probs !
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combatprojex
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Registered: 12th Oct 03
Location: Wellingborough Drives: Corsa 1.2 16v & proud of it
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i think the noise from gear changing is normal, happens on a lot of cars.
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Mikeboy
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lol,
I demand the best. It was smooth when I got it, so should still be smooth now
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Mikeboy
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Fair enough on an older car, but on newer cars you should not stand for it
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J4MIE P
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Registered: 1st Aug 03
Location: oldham, North manchester
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Your right, it shouldn't happen.
Mine felt lovely and smooth after both of its services, but after a few months it gets a bit notchy. Not too bad tho. Doesn't crunch, except a bit in reverse.
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dannycorsa c
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Registered: 8th Mar 03
Location: manchester (astley/tyldesley)
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i had a new lincage not coz it was clinky but it wudnt go in 1st coz the bushes had gone!
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glasgow_corsa_c
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Registered: 13th Jan 03
Location: Ecosse
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quote:
Originally posted by dannycorsa c
i had a new lincage not coz it was clinky but it wudnt go in 1st coz the bushes had gone!
mine is kinda like that...
am gonna get em to fix it!
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dannycorsa c
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Registered: 8th Mar 03
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it was really hard to get in 1st u had to put it in second then up to first but the second was hard aswell  i cant say that the corsa C has a nice gearbox anyways they feel abit crappy!
luv the box in my new transit the gears juast seem to knock in really nicely! and u can put it in reverse when still rollin forward with out any crunchin
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NormSXi
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Registered: 26th Sep 03
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Hmmm... my gearbox seems a little clunky and a bit stiff when going into gear sometimes, but it is a Y reg, done 18k miles, and i have'nt driven any other corsa C's to compare it too either...
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