<VV> Shift Tube

[cjcavitt at comcast.net]

Any style of bushing is actually going to work it's just how much work do you want to put in to make it work properly and with my experience with these bushings most people dont want to file, sand, braze, solder ect somthing thats supposed to work right out of the box. Over the years of selling these bushings most people prefer the delrin bushings over the brass based on simplicity of instaltion. the average person on this list doesnt mind modifiying or making parts work but the average customer doesnt want to do that. The delrin just presses right in, and if you noticed everyone that said they liked the brass from clarks had to do something to the part to make it work correctly, so im not saying anyone is better than the other its just a preference by people but trust me if customers didnt like the delrin over the brass do you honestly think i would still be selling the delrin? numbers dont lie.

                                                     curt

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: RUSSELL DAVIS <bluechipmach at verizon.net> 

> MY shifter works smooth as silk!!!! What I did was........ Got brass bushings 
> from Clarks. Cleaned the inside of shifter tube with an round abrasive cloth 
> roll with a die grinder,then soldered the bushings in (both ends) then installed 
> the shifter rod with lapping compound(med fine grit) on the I.D. of the bushings 
> and worked the shifter till it was fairly easy to move. Then take out the 
> shifter rod, and clean all the lapping compound off of everything. Grease well 
> and install.If the shifter gets in a bind after installation,you may have to add 
> shims under it. I used the same ones that came out,and didn't have a problem. 
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