My 72 had a tailshift, i am about to put in a sideshift tranny. i noticed the sideshift fork is straight and the tailshift one has a curvature to it, but they have the same part number. Does it matter which one i use??? Thanks




Tailshift on left

The fork should be straight. Someone bent the curved one rather than shimming the ball to get full travel after having the flywheel machined.

Hmmm, ok. So I should definitely use the straight one then i assume. Should i also be looking into getting a new flywheel. Could this also have been the result of having a stretched out clutch cable? Thanks for your help.