Dan,
I don't think there is a way. The boot is too thick or the ferrule is
too small, depending on your point of view. Glad to see you refer to it
as a ferrule. usually the only time I see that word it is in reference
to the ferrule on the tip of a cue stick.
Edwin
66 BJ8
Daniel and Diane White wrote:
> O.K. here's a question for you listers with a center shift gearbox. My
> exploded view of the gearbox shows the chrome ferrule, "gear lever boot
> ring", on the underside of the rubber gear lever boot (Moss catalog).
> Logic (?) would dictate to me that the ferrule is on top and fits over
> the molded part of the boot that slides down over the base of the gear
> lever. Question- has anyone successfully installed one of these chrome
> ferrules? I've lubed the boot, the gear lever, put the boot on the
> lever, tried to put the ferrule on the boot- no go. To me it looks like
> the i.d. of the ferrule is too small for the o.d. of the boot portion
> that slides down over the gear lever. I think my only recourse is to
> saw a slit in the ferrule on the back side. I wonder if /some/ of the
> people that repro /some /of these parts ever try to put them on a
> Healey. Any thoughts?
> Dan White
> 1962 BN7 Mk II
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