Subject: RE: Shifter Arm/Linkage
Author: John Ulrich
Date: Feb 24, 2005, 1:20 PM
Post ID: 1718449692
Keith Ruff wrote:
| The current set up has sloppy linkage which makes going into 1st gear a real bear unless you have super range of motion in your ankle to pull the arm up to get it in 1st gear or when downshifting. |
Shimming the drum helps this problem. Slop in the linkage adds to the
lenght of the throw. But you'll still have a somewhat "vague" shift at
times when downshifting. Nature of the 4 spd.
| I'm thinking my choices are to find a dual arm shifter (heel-toe) or somehow fix the linkage. |
You do not have a "heel" on your's now???
A heel mades a dramatic difference!!! I'll have to dig in the attic.
Later,
JU