Re: 3-speed gear shift handle vibration

Posted by steve828 On 2014/3/11 20:39:03

Howard, thank you for those wonderful schematics and all your efforts in sending them to me. Upon further examination of these schematics, it seems apparent that the cotter pin at the distal end of the shaft that retained the tensioning spring is missing on my car. Perhaps the spring is up inside the shaft, or fell out completely. I will have to try to use a light and inspection mirror to determine this. That said, the 3/4 round snap ring that I used as a shim seemed to take up most of the slack along the 'shifter tube' and stop the gear handle vibration in second gear. The nylon lock nut at the distal end of the shaft (where the spring-retaining cotter pin would normally go) seems to have made the mechanism tight yet with no binding. I have no gear shift handle vibration in any gear at this time. I would like to return to original configuration, so I will try to look for the spring and replace the missing cotter pin. In the mean time, do you think there is any harm in continuing with my modified configuration? I appreciate all your thoughts. Thanks again.