more cheap tricks (shift linkage)

[ralexander03@snet.net (Rick Alexander)]

Be careful how much mass you add to the linkage. Don't do anything that is
not reversible. Certain weights can under the right conditions pull the
transmission into neutral. This will only happen when you absolutely need it
to be in gear, like when that big rig is bearing down on you. Also the more
weight you put on the shifter the more stress you are putting on the
syncros. Those things are a weak link already.

Rick Alexander
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----- Original Message -----
From: "T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 2:20 AM
Subject: more cheap tricks (shift linkage)


> So what's left? Well.. I'm still getting used to the tightness of the
> linkage - the downside of the slop being gone is that there's no
> "swing zone" like there used to be so the force to shift seems higher
> since you start pushing immediately. I'm considering increasing the mass
> of my shift weight to see if this helps (don't know that it will, though).