> Can the gearshift linkage be removed from an S2 without removing the
> body and/or engine? The manual seems to be silent on this. Many
> thanks.
>
> John Nesbitt
Here is what I wrote some time back. I guess I still believe it:
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>Phil,
>
>Thanks for your archive of shift linkage stuff.
>
>I've got a question, can you remove the front-most shift tube without
>removing the motor?
On an S2, sure. Could be a problem on a Twink.
Remove the grille from the mouth at the front of the car. Remove the
paper-board at the back of the nose cavity. There is a big rubber plug on
the front of the chassis frame. Yank it out.
Go under the car, in front of the engine, and disassemble the rear of the
front-most shift tube. If the bellows still exists, shove it into the
chassis frame "box".
Go inside the cockpit. Remove the armrest on the top of the chassis frame
"box". Stick your arm in the oval hole and remove the bolt that connects
the shift lever to the front-most shift tube. Now remove the shift lever
from the car by taking apart the four bolts which sandwich the shift-lever
ball joint into the frame. [You don't really need to do this, but you might
want to anyway to spiff up the connection. I'd deep-six the stock setup for
a wider clevis. Mine had ball-bearings in it.]
Pick up the now-loose front-most shift tube and move it forward until it
fits through the holes in the front of the frame. Be careful not to catch
the tee on the hole at the back of the frame. Get out of the car, go to the
nose cavity. Grab the front-most shift tube and guide it out of the
chassis frame and on forward through the mouth.
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This is part of a large gear-change file most of you have seen. I'll email
it in a plain message to anyone who requests it.
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