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These pictures of an MGW flat stick are from a recent sale thread which closed.
I have gone through a good number of shifters right? A laughable number. I have bought some pretty beat ones or long time stored ones. Rust. Hard to move. Worn out seals and the like. But I have never seen the inner shift ball dry and crusted with fine grit and carbon from the torque tube tunnel. I have added grease to some and worked them around. Sure! But they have never been visibly caked.
Knowing that some get rough to move when debris is introduced I can't help but wonder what the design thought was for this model to leave the ball and cup open and exposed. Am I missing something?
Can someone tell me what the polished metal piece to the right is for? Perhaps for installation to zero the linkage to neutral with the bar section going into the cup? That is the best I can imagine.
Interesting that they do not triangulate it to the tube, only the two bolts at top.
I just don't think I would use their open bottom lower if that is what it is.
MGW Flat Stick - open bottom?
