>Hmmm. You're thinking that the rubber bush was originally intended as
>noise prevention?
>
>Could be, I don't know. But as far as I can tell, there seems very
>little disadvantage at all, to the solid lever. I was expecting some
>vibration. I thought it might be uncomfortable, to drive around with
>hand resting on the lever. In reality, I've noticed no such problem!
>
>Your brass bush idea sounds like a good one to me. If you try it, I
>would like to hear how it works out.
I'm thinking shock isolation might be important also.
Not in normal use, but if someone slipps, or you had a minor collision,
whatever, and overloaded the gear lever, there is nothing to prevent
breaking the tranny internals. The rubber bush, it would seem to me, would
prevent impact damage to shifter forks, synchro teeth etc.
Just a thought
Keith
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