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Re: 5th gear springs

To: "Toby B" <toby@wolfenet.com>,
Subject: Re: 5th gear springs
From: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 09:00:58 -0400
Toby,

You are not the first I am sure!!!!!!

66 Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
To: a roadster list <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 2:00 AM
Subject: 5th gear springs


> Ooooohhhh,
>     Yeah, I did that, too- when one rebuilds one's 5-speed, one should
> notice that there are 2 different strength springs used to center the
> shifter!  I didn't, and the 1-2 gate is HARD to cross, while the 5-R
> gate spring isn't strong enough to push the lever over quickly.  So
> sometimes I spank R when I downshift, and feel really dumb.  Twice,
> because it makes me an amateur wrench, and also an amateur driver!
> <grin>  And you know, it's even covered in the manual that I never look
> at, except to maybe answer other peoples' e-mail questions  <still
> grinning>
> 
> Toby B
> 
> 
> >   Shifts
> > nicely, but my downshift from 5th to fourth, caught "reverse" - slight
> > noise and probably my fault.
> >
> 


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