Andres, pardon the tardiness of my response... I'm playing catch-up
reading the Lotus-Cars digests, as usual.
I wrote:
>> Wow. The "no rubber bushing" shifter makes a difference!
>> This gearbox feels like a machine tool. Very light pressure
>> on the lever is all that is needed to feel what the sychros
>> are doing. And when speed match is achieved, there is a
>> crisp little click as the lever goes home. Really neat.
Andres Sta. Maria wrote in response:
> Should I remove the rubber bush on my shift lever (press it out) on my
> 1969 S4 Elan (45) and perhaps replace with a brass bush? I know the
> bush was the anti-sizzle solution, but your post encourages me to
> delete this.
Hmmm. You're thinking that the rubber bush was originally intended as
noise prevention?
Could be, I don't know. But as far as I can tell, there seems very
little disadvantage at all, to the solid lever. I was expecting some
vibration. I thought it might be uncomfortable, to drive around with
hand resting on the lever. In reality, I've noticed no such problem!
Your brass bush idea sounds like a good one to me. If you try it, I
would like to hear how it works out.
Regards,
Erik Berg
Los Angeles
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