[C2] Shift linkage
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My transmission is on the bench right now. There seems to be a little less than 1/16 of an inch of slop there. It would be pretty easy to remove the spring clip and see if there is wear on the pin or the Clevis.
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Thanks for the reply. I just had the trans rebuilt and I cleaned up and installed the linkage. Didn't see any obvious wear and just wanted to check.
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My Hurst shifter uses the nylon bushings my stock 63 shifter does not and those linkage rods look "Hurst-ish" and stock.
However I think the problem with the linkage circled is the slack is created because he is using a Hurst shifter lever type on the side of a transmission and then using a tulip from the standard shifter which has a smaller pin. If he has a spare bushing he can push the nylon/plastic insert into the lever and slide the tulip over the lever and nylon/ plastic insert, (hopefully) then the diameter is reduced to the smaller pin size and the slack is gone.
just a guess
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The reason I ask is the 3/4 connector is or rather resembles a Hurst Connector, whereas the small split connector 1/2 is not part of a Hurst.
The small split connector is a connector for my 63 and probably other standard shifters.
I just removed a Hurst shifter from my 63 and without thinking hooked up the split connector s thinking both levers on the side of the tranny were the same
I had alot of slack, then remembered the 63 came with its own levers. I switched them out and had no slack whatsoever.
So the split connector circled is baffling me, is that a stock item perhaps 66s came like that, if so, I learned something today.
Sorry called it a tulip its not.
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