slight play in gearstick

[grasmere59]

My gearstick on my 2002 110 Rapier has got a slight bit of play in it,if you leave it in neutral you can rock it slightly before it moves anything,it's only very slight and does in know way affect the gearchange but i have driven a couple of other 406's lately and the gearsticks seemed tighter,is there any bushes that can be replaced?

[martint]

No mate it's your linkage that's worn that's a. They're not that cheap to replace. Bout £70 plus if I recall

[grasmere59]

I'll live with it then,as i say it's only slight and i would'nt have noticed it should'nt have been like that if i had'nt driven another 110.

[lozz]

Iwouidnt worry about it mate,
my old 406 had a slight bit of play in gear stick ijust lived with it,
just scrapped a d9 with Millions of miles on it, gearchange on that was like a Montego

[grasmere59]

I remember my old mans old mk1 Cortina,the gearstick was that long the rear seat passengers could almost change gear and the little bit of play at the bottom of the gearstick made it like stirring a pudding when it got to the top of the stick!

[lozz]

ive just changed the gear selector on the citreon,
and itwas still the same,

ended up packing the ball parts with Grease, its took away the few mms of play,

[martint]

I had a saxo vts and that had unbelievable amount o play. That was in myboy racer days hehe. Glad I'm not paying the same amount I was payingfor petrol, for the saxo

[Captain Jack]

Got plenty of play in my stick (........) and a bit tricky to select reverse and first sometimes from cold but got the knack of it now. Would like it to be tighter, like my Accord's was but it doesn't bother me after nearly 3 years.