I'd like to know if anyone else with -6 linkage has seen this. The last
piece connected to the bar at the trans lever has 2 separate contacts/
movements, and even though I didn't see a wear pattern they were
both pretty sloppy. Below I'll show what I did for this.

The top channel contacts the ball of the trans lever. It has 18mils
of slop in it but the ball doesn't look worn. I decided the easiest thing
to do was glue in a 26-gauge brass shim with some 3M super90.
Perfect fit now. Even if this wears within a year or two, it's very easy
to re-do and I'm under the car a lot anyway.

But the fork side of the piece has HUGE slop. About 75 mils. It
actually looks like maybe somebody ground the opening wider
because the casting is smooth and rounded everywhere else. So,
this slop was taken basically to 0-5 mils by welding it and
re-grinding.

Sorry the pictures are only after being greased. It's still snowing
here so I won't even get to feel for improvement for a while.

Shim:
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Side view after welding:
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Rear view:
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So, how does it shift???

Need another one of those? How about the nose cover/rod? I have 'em all, and they need to go away! Offers considered.

The Cap'n

I have a need for a /6 tail cone. Is this what you are saying you have? Price?

Engine not ready to run, 35 degrees in the garage, fluid is stiff. Won't
know for a while.

Interesting way to shim the gap. Wondering if it works...

I have some wear on that piece but I haven't addressed it yet. Please give us an update once you get a chance to drive. I'm not too far fom MA if you want to get together sometime in the spring...

Will work just fine but a stainless shim would last longer if you don't simply replace the pieces. That's a lot of pressure on the two contact points on the ball. The brass won't like it forever.

Well I've been driving the car a bit, and my verdict is:
meh

Eliminating those gaps didn't seem to really change much. The car
didn't shift poorly before though.

The ball on mine was worn. . but I was able grab it with vise grips and turn it 90 degree. . I welded the other worn spots and machined them back to orig specs. .
All in all, it's a tailshifter and still has some play in it .

Yup, I convert a lot of /6 to side shifter for this very reason Not hard. Keep the old parts for originality if you want to later.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! That's what the Doc did to my Six transaxle and I have all the original parts stored.

Oh ya, the shipping was $32 I forgot to collect...