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Interesting... you occasionally strip gears, I've never done that. I use up synchro's (typically broken into 2 or 3 pieces, BTW), you've never done that.
WRT the shifter, the fact that I'm "loading" the gearbox a bit more with that piece of pipe (particularly while shifting) has indeed crossed my mind. OTOH, it's as simple as it can be, and I like things with as little complexity as possible. Plus, mine is a '71 tub, so I would have to cut up the car to install a remote shifter, and I'm basically disinclined to do that. However, comma...
Anyway, I'm going to start paying more attention to the front bearing, as well as the pair of springs that press against the 3 locating keys. In one instance, I found one of those springs (unbroken) running around loose in the bottom of the case, when I disassembled it to replace a broken 3rd/4th shifter fork. I'm gonna guess you've never broken one of those, either?
In any case, thanks for the insight. I gotta get back to work on a pile of gearboxes - I'm sure Chris Albin would be terribly dissappointed if I didn't show up in St Louis at the end of the month. :-)
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Gary L - 142E ITB race car, 73 1800ES
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