I'd have to disagree with the 15 year lifespan of the shifter ball. You may be able to shift with a ball that old, but it won't even come close to a new shifter ball. It gets really sloppy. I've atually noticed that the ball lasts longer than the cup that it sits in. I think an aluminum cup would help out a lot. Perhaps a machined aluminum ball as well. I'm not sure if the aluminum ball would last as long as that extremely tough plastic (or whatever it is) that the shifter ball is made of. The cup is ordinary pastic though. Both of mine were worn completely through.
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 19:57:02 -0400 "Boyd & Nancy Drew" <[email protected]> writes: > Not to mention your run of the mill short shifter wears all those > plastic > doodads out about once a year but the ball and socket last 10-15 as > we have > seen...this way Im still short shifting but not replacing 15 parts > every > year now its only 3 every 15. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Caldwell <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, July 27, 2001 5:16 PM > Subject: RE: Filling front motor mount/heim jointing > > > >On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Boyd Drew wrote: > > > >> I bought a solid linkage kit from Komposit www.komposit.net > >> <http://www.komposit.net> . its pretty expensive and in > retrospect I > thonk > >> I could have built it myself cheaper but I LOVE IT! > >> > > > >Those kits eliminate the parts of the stock system that work fine, > and > >don't do anything about the parts that cause almost all of the > slop- the > >"golf ball" and the main shaft bushing. Unfortunately there's not > much > >that can be done there, so once they wear out you're still stuck > with a > >sloppy shifter with a nice set of $300 heim joints. The stock > "ball and > >socket" connectors can have marginally more slop in them, but it's > not > >huge. > > > >If your shifter is that bad try replacing all the bushings first > and see > >how you like it... only then would I recommend going for the > komposit kit. > > > > > >_____________ > >List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > >To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > [email protected] > with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > >See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > >Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of > your message > us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
