[Healeys] Centre Change Gear Sticks

[rfbegani at gmail.com]

Good thing the BJ8 used the nylon bush because it is the only one available from Moss etc. because I needed to replace it in my transmission. With the new nylon bush a little lithium grease on the big ball and tightening the screws I can shift more easily for the first time in years.  Not for me, but, for the record does anyone know where to by the brass bush with circle clip?

 

Bob Begani BJ8

 

From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Henry G Leach via Healeys
Sent: Friday, December 3, 2021 12:37 AM
To: 'Michael Salter' <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
Cc: 'Healeys' <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Centre Change Gear Sticks

 

Lets be careful here. We have others who have been stuck in gear or without gears. The nylon bush is only used on the BJ8.  The brass bush is used on the MK II gearbox, which includes the BJ7. The BJ7 is actually a MK II Healey. The shift levers are different as well. Here are the numbers from the parts book:

 

BJ7 lever AEC8636, Bush-brass AEC 3520 (1 pr.) Circlip 1G3709- this comes as a set. Roll pins (2) AEA558. Circlip hold two halves of bush together.

 

BJ8 lever 22B195-non/OD. Lever AEC3636 w/OD. Lever Bush 22B191 (nylon). Roll Pin AEA558 This arrangement starts with: GB 101-118 wo/OD, 101-1441 w/OD

 

What will happen if you use the nylon bush in the MKII GB, is that after a few shifts the nylon will get mangled and there goes your gears.

 

MKII Brass

MKIII Nylon- do not substitute.  Hank

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From: "Michael Salter via Healeys" 
To: "Simon Lachlan"
Cc: "Healeys"
Sent: Wednesday December 1 2021 5:46:06AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Centre Change Gear Sticks

Pretty sure that the only change was the size of the ball upon which the nylon bush rotates HOWEVER  there is a complication  ... there are nylon bushes, from an MGB as I recall, which can be used with the lever with the smaller ball end. 

 

M

 

On Wed., Dec. 1, 2021, 8:21 a.m. Simon Lachlan via Healeys, <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net> > wrote:

Hi,

I have a late Mk II BT7. Centre change. So, my query is regarding the gearstick.

The box is a BMC Goldseal replacement per the attached picture.

The stick has the two roll pins securing it which you’d expect up to BJ8s which, I gather, had screws. But the bush under the stick in the white nylon one which, I gather again, started with BJ8s. (To be fair, I’ve looked into this and didn’t find a definitive answer on the bushes). My gearbox seems to be a bit of a BT7/BJ8 mixture.

My question is can you put a roll-pin gearstick into a BJ8? Or vice-verca?

Thanks,

Simon

 

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