Re: Sticking shift linkage
Posted by HH56 On 2014/6/29 13:10:49
Only levers I can think of with C clips are the ones at bottom of steering column.
If those are the ones you mean, not sure how far you have the car disassembled but don't think it can be done in position. At the least I think the column will have to slide up a few inches to give room between the shift tube and the steering box for the levers to slide out but probably needs to come all the way out so you can have a solid surface to drive the pin holding the selector tongue to the inner rod out. That has to come apart so the tongue can remove and upper lever slide down past that point..
Anyway, once you have working room the bottom cotter key comes off. Behind it is a long heavy spring so watch for that wanting to fly out. Once the cotter key is out, the bottom bracket unscrews off tube. After removing the bottom C clip, washer and any shims, the bottom R-1 lever will slide off. Don't remember for sure but you may need to remove the upper C clip so the upper 2-3 lever can slide up slightly for good access to the tongue and pin for the next step. Drive the pin out of the rod and once pin is free from rod, the tongue will slide off the splines. Rod will probably also want to come out at that point. Once the tongue is out of the way, the upper lever will slide down and off.
If different levers have C clips, please ignore the post and refresh the failing memory.
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