Shifter Rebuild Question
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From: Eugene OR
Shifter Rebuild Question
So I'm doing the rear main seal/clutch/trans rebuild thing and I thought I'd go through my shifter and linkage along the way. Things were going great as I took the shifter apart it initially looked like nothing needed to be replaced... very little wear on much of anything.
Then I get my Eckler's catalog and what's on the back cover? a shifter rebuild kit. The strange thing is that the rebuild kit appears to have two of the spring-gates (not sure that's the right term for the springy crescent pieces that go between the bigger crescent pieces that pivot on the big shaft in the shifter) where my shifter only has one.
This isn't my shifter, but it looks exactly the same:
This is the rebuild kit:
Should my shifter have two of these springs?
Thanks guys!
Then I get my Eckler's catalog and what's on the back cover? a shifter rebuild kit. The strange thing is that the rebuild kit appears to have two of the spring-gates (not sure that's the right term for the springy crescent pieces that go between the bigger crescent pieces that pivot on the big shaft in the shifter) where my shifter only has one.
This isn't my shifter, but it looks exactly the same:
This is the rebuild kit:
Should my shifter have two of these springs?
Thanks guys!
Last edited by Schaggy; Apr 28, 2013 at 12:17 PM.
Racer
Joined: Feb 2013
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From: Sebastian FL
Shifter gate
So I'm doing the rear main seal/clutch/trans rebuild thing and I thought I'd go through my shifter and linkage along the way. Things were going great as I took the shifter apart it initially looked like nothing needed to be replaced... very little wear on much of anything.
Then I get my Eckler's catalog and what's on the back cover? a shifter rebuild kit. The strange thing is that the rebuild kit appears to have two of the spring-gates (not sure that's the right term for the springy crescent pieces that go between the bigger crescent pieces that pivot on the big shaft in the shifter) where my shifter only has one.
This isn't my shifter, but it looks exactly the same:
This is the rebuild kit:
Should my shifter have two of these springs?
Thanks guys!
Then I get my Eckler's catalog and what's on the back cover? a shifter rebuild kit. The strange thing is that the rebuild kit appears to have two of the spring-gates (not sure that's the right term for the springy crescent pieces that go between the bigger crescent pieces that pivot on the big shaft in the shifter) where my shifter only has one.
This isn't my shifter, but it looks exactly the same:
This is the rebuild kit:
Should my shifter have two of these springs?
Thanks guys!
Melting Slicks
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From: Midlothian VA
So I'm doing the rear main seal/clutch/trans rebuild thing and I thought I'd go through my shifter and linkage along the way. Things were going great as I took the shifter apart it initially looked like nothing needed to be replaced... very little wear on much of anything.
Then I get my Eckler's catalog and what's on the back cover? a shifter rebuild kit. The strange thing is that the rebuild kit appears to have two of the spring-gates (not sure that's the right term for the springy crescent pieces that go between the bigger crescent pieces that pivot on the big shaft in the shifter) where my shifter only has one.
This isn't my shifter, but it looks exactly the same:
This is the rebuild kit:
Should my shifter have two of these springs?
Thanks guys!
Then I get my Eckler's catalog and what's on the back cover? a shifter rebuild kit. The strange thing is that the rebuild kit appears to have two of the spring-gates (not sure that's the right term for the springy crescent pieces that go between the bigger crescent pieces that pivot on the big shaft in the shifter) where my shifter only has one.
This isn't my shifter, but it looks exactly the same:
This is the rebuild kit:
Should my shifter have two of these springs?
Thanks guys!
As your shifter ages with use the lever cage gets stretched out of square which gives the "slop" everyone complains about with our stock shifters. Truth is the original shifter is a nice unit when new. The thicker reverse lock out gate shim takes up that slop and is supposed to yield a tight shifter again. Last time I rebuilt one the slop was so bad that the thicker gate didn't do me much good so I chucked the gate cage in a vice and "resquared" it. Put the original thickness gate back in and ended up with a very nice & tight shifter. Choose your poison.
