MG ZR Advice please

kitt · 15th January 2018, 10:46

I am after some ZR advice, my son has a 55 plate ZR 1.4, but we have noticed that selecting gears 1 and 2 the gear stick is very stiff, but gears 3 and 4 are smooth and fine, 5 and reverse are also a little stiff.

The gear selection has always been like a spoon in a bucket of treacle, even after it had a new clutch. Car drives fine, no noises from gear box etc, just the selection is stiff?

Could this be a tight linkage and some grease would free it up?

All advice welcome.

c-j2 · 15th January 2018, 11:16

Hi
I had similar sounding issues with my ZS - presume linkage arrangement under the gear stick is same/similar on ZR?

If so, removing the built-up gunk and regreasing resolved for me.

Hope your issue is as easy.

LeRich · 15th January 2018, 19:32

There's a ball joint on the IB5 gear box linkage at the base of the gear lever that wears. It can be replaced I believe.

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LeRich Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Cont SE 1.8T Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Cheshire Posts: 1,082 Thanks: 215 Thanked 232 Times in 178 Posts	There's a ball joint on the IB5 gear box linkage at the base of the gear lever that wears. It can be replaced I believe. __________________ Rover 75 1.8T Contemporary SE Auto Starlight Silver MBB

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c-j2 Regular poster MG ZT-T Diesel Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Oxford Posts: 78 Thanks: 13 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts	Hi I had similar sounding issues with my ZS - presume linkage arrangement under the gear stick is same/similar on ZR? If so, removing the built-up gunk and regreasing resolved for me. Hope your issue is as easy.