Vellios-JWest shift linkage progress thread, Started fabbing Vellios/JWest shift linkage |
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Vellios-JWest shift linkage progress thread, Started fabbing Vellios/JWest shift linkage |
914dave |
Jan 7 2012, 05:35 PM
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Now that my six conversions has progressed the point where the rust is out of the chassis and the 3.2 mated to the 915 are mounted in the car. I'm taking this winter to fabricate shift linkage from the Vellios 915 to the JWest shifter. After finishing the rebuild of the 915, I realized that the shift pattern would be reversed in the car. 5th/reverse would be towards the drivers side of the car. I didn't like this idea. So I'm building a riser for the shifter to reverse the direction fo the pattern. I wanted the linkage to be very crisp. I'm using industrial U joints and spherical bearings where I can. This is the first part of the project, the firewall bushing. I'll be using the stock rubber accordian boot in this setup for weather protection. the following pix are fo the bearing and the nylon housing used to mount it to the firewall. the first pic is the original 914 tunnel shift rod machined down to fit in the spherical bearing. The final pic show shows it mounted with 2 screws, I'll drill for the other 2 when I get the motor out of the way.
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914dave |
Feb 12 2012, 07:52 PM
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914 Addict Group: Members Posts: 703 Joined: 19-October 03 From: Willow Grove Pa. Member No.: 1,262 Region Association: North East States |
Here's a pic with the shifter mounted in the car.
This is the support bracket with the sperical bearing mounted in it . The next step was to mount a 3/4" ball bearing to the shift rod. This will fit in a cup style socket mounted to the shift rod. I used the ball because of the hardened finish. The next step was to modify the 914 rod to shifter coupling. Used the original coupling because it kept the stock adjustment in place. Cut a 1' diameter hole thru the coupling at the centerline of the original thru bolt. Made a tube for the ball to engage and mounted a support shaft out of the front. Welded them all together. Then pressed a teflon sleeve in the tube. The ball and the bore in the tube are the same size. This will keep the shifter from vibrating and the ball will slide easily on the teflon. The next post will have assemby pix. |
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