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column shift lever bushing
Looks like the bushing is too long to allow the ball to fit into the shift tube hole.
Is the idea to compress the bushing when pinning the shift handle into the shift bowl? Internet photo: My stuff:
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Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 35 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 24 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then! |
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Re: column shift lever bushing
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Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 35 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 24 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then! |
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Re: column shift lever bushing
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I don't know if that is the original intent or not but if the bushing is fairly soft I think it would compress enough for the ball to engage in the hole without any problem, when you push the lever in and install the pin. LockDoc
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Re: column shift lever bushing
It's actually pretty stiff. I hit it with a heat gun, but it still didn't want to go over the ball. I'll eventually get that done though, and I even have a spare.
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Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 35 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 24 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then! |
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Re: column shift lever bushing
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I'm not sure how far the ball actually goes into the socket in the shift tube but it must be a ways. You don't hear a lot of complaints about the ball slipping out of the socket, just about them breaking off. I don't think I have any levers with the bushing still on them, I will have to check. LockDoc
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Re: column shift lever bushing
I'm interested to see if you're able to get one of those installed with a heat gun. I split two of them trying to install them, and I even enlarged the opening on one of them. I have only ever seen remnants of originals. I don't think it was a well thought out design. It doesn't seem to be an important component though. Softer material might have worked better.
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Re: column shift lever bushing
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I don't have any that have enough material left to tell how long they were for sure. LockDoc
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Re: column shift lever bushing
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I can't see where a split would actually hurt anything. It's a tight fit when it's in the shift collar. I don't think it could go anywhere. LockDoc
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Re: column shift lever bushing
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The "pot metal" shift bowl wobbles a little on the steel shift tube, but I just can't think of a way to tighten it up. Really don't want add weld to the side of the "guide" piece here and then grind/file to shape. Maybe a .002" piece of shim stock epoxied to the ID of the shift bowl? Second photo shows tapered ends which don't help.
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