In a message dated 7/28/2001 5:30:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
> 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. > > > Actually what you want to do is make the easiliest part to replace the softest. Such as making the cup out of steel or aluminum and make the ball out of nylon or rulon. I would go with nylon impregnated with Molybdenum and a cold rolled steel socket. It might be na little expessive but I really can't see it wearing and if it does the ball will be the first to go. Erich JIM: "you realize we're all going to college as virgins. They probably have special dorms for people like us "American Pie Actually it is a whole school and it is called NJIT "Nothing quite feels like something new" T. Reznor Pretty Hate Machine track 9 0:38 Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol. Adam Corolla :"I hate TV shows that are written by Ivy League guys that have never had a pussy in their mouth" Jimmy Kimell: " for the time they got stoned and tried to put their cat in their mouth" both referring to why "The Man Show" is better than most TV shows
