Is quiet!
This weekend the project was shifter refurbishing.
I still have the stock shifter in a mk1A
It would rattle and buzz at freeway speeds. It was loud enough to here over
the wind and engine noise at 75 mph.
I made sure that each end of all shift rods had a curved washer, flat washer
and retaining clip. I was missing the curved washer on 1/2 the locations.
Secondly, I replaced the wave washer on the main shaft of the shifter.
Before I did this, you could reach up from below and rattle the 3 shift
levers back and forth. After the washer was installed, you could not wiggle
the levers at all.
The shift effort went up just a bit, but everything feels tighter and most
of all quieter.
The curved washers are 0.012 inches thick, ID .38 OD 0.75 inches.
I bought the wave washers from McMaster Carr. I had to buy a box of 10 for
$13 but it was well worth it. The curve washers were scavenged off another
shifter I had in the archive, but they should be available from McMaster as
well.
It is such a pleasure to drive without feeling the need to keep my hand on
the shifter to muffle the buzz.
Erich
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