QUOTE(malcolm2 @ Sep 2 2013, 08:57 AM)
I am installing all my shift shafts on my 75 side shift tranny. The conical set screws face down, I got that.
But where should the stick shift be when you couple the shaft to the bottom of the stick?
The shaft has very small splines on it, so it can rotate some prior to coupling.
Should I find a gear on the shift console then match that gear as i couple the shaft to the stick? Or does it matter, am I over thinking this?
Clark
Put it in gear, put the shifter where you think it should be, tighten the clamp. Repeat until it's right.
This past weekend the wife and I went to the Auburn Auction in Auburn Indiana, half way there[75 miles] we stopped for gas and while leaving the station I started missing shifts and having a hell of a time finding the gear that I needed. We limped in to the motel after dark and the next AM I went to looking for a problem! The long shaft that connects the tranny to the shifter has a brass bushing at the tranny end that kinda looks like a wide brimed hat, my brim was broken off[shinny broken metal] and the shifting shaft was flopping all around[What is this brass bushing called?] The set pin also has some plan in it[Name?] Tricks to fixing this? Drove the car home so dont think I damaged anything..... Thanks, Bob Arnett
The Cap'n