Morning Boys and girls Need Help!

[77richard77]

Morning
Have a big problem. Swerved to avoid a pheasant yesterday and smacked a kerb.
Clio is ok apart from a the alloy and she has no gears. Will only go into 5th.
Anyone got an idea as to what may be rong?
Any help would be great. Thanks

 

[Owen:s]

The impact has knocked the selector arms out of position it is possible too fix this without stripping the box if u know wot you are doing, by removing the final drive cover and reverse switch realign selectors and refit parts

 

[77richard77]

Great can you give me a better idea on how to do that?

 

[77richard77]

Sorry to bump my post bu anyone else help me with this?

 

[Matt W]

For further reference, pheasants are softer than concrete

 

[77richard77]

HaHa thanks mate.
The last time I hit one of them though it took my fog light and lower grill with it.

 

[JCC]

Did you go up and over the kerb? Is the car quite low?

If so you may have just knocked the gear linkage out of position/bent it, I did this when I drove over something on the motorway in my old 172, destroyed the undertray while it was at it. Just a case of adjusting it back into position or replacing it if this is the case.

 

[77richard77]

No it is sandard and went into the kerb square with he front and back wheel. Car is fine with nothing looking damaged apart from the wheels.
Have got the end cover off the box now so just need to know how to reset the gears.

 

[sideways danny]

sounds like you've pushed the driveshaft into the box and damaged the box internals

 

[77richard77]

Give up now. Got her into a gear but f**k knows what one and the leaver is in neutral and will not move.
So gear box out time to see if I can sort it.

 

[bmh.01]

I'm thinking the same thing Danny is, and theres probably a good bit of bent suspension too. Kerbs are the devil, you're going to wish you'd nailed that pheasant .

 

[77richard77]

I thought there would be also but suspension is all ok.

 

[Cupman29]

Sorry to hear about your problems. I hit a pheasant the other week doing about 40mph and it never ever left a mark so in future just hit them unless there is an RSPCA van next to you. :dapprove:

 

[77richard77]

Have managed to reset the selector arms and seems to be working ok. :approve:
Just wish i had managed to do it before i started to take the box out. Anyway working now so may just clean and paint the subframe while its out.