I'll say this about my recent experience:
I didn't realize just how different the TR4 and TR6 shift levers and their
related parts really are.
I had put a TR4 shift lever in a TR-6 OD transmission (in my TR4) and did not
have the two individual side adjustment studs for the lever.
Fortunately the TR-4 type through bolt was smaller diameter and was able to
pass through the internal threaded holes in the aluminum casting surrounding
the cup for the shift lever base.
The rattling was terrible though.
I couldn't seem to fix it no matter what I did.
That's when I reluctantly went to steal parts off the non-working TR6.
(I hate doing that. ONce I get the original problem fixed . .I end up needing
to fix all the stuff I swiped off it .. which is why I still don't have a
working Solenoid on the TR4 I drive everyday . but there is one on the non
working TR-6 in the driveway)
Anyway . . ..the shift lever and the big spring above it are significantly
different on the TR6. Much more beefy. I put them in the TR-4 (with TR6
transmission) and no more rattles.
. . .
By the way . .I'm looking for another TR6 lever, spring, retaining plate, cup
and side studs if anyone has some to share.
Although now that I've mentioned that they may cure some rattling in TR4s ..
they might become more valuable.
Scott Tilton.
1963 TR4 . . . didn't drive it today cause of snow and ice
Leesburg VA.
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From: CarlSereda@aol.com
Roxy,
I read somewhere - maybe in the Triumph Factory Service Bulletins of the
'60s/'70s that a heavier coil spring was being made available for the
problem of shifter rattle. It would replace the big coil spring that sits
above the pivot-ball. The spring looks similar to the inside 'door handle
spring'. I wonder if you could double up two door handle springs to good
effect?
Ample greasing of the aluminum cup would be important too if increasing
spring pressure.
Carl
'63 TR4 since '74
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