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Re: [Healeys] Shift boot clamp ring

To: David Masucci <drmasucci@comcast.net>, healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Shift boot clamp ring
From: <tomfelts@windstream.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:23:49 -0400
Now you have me confused.  If you put the ring on first, then the shift boot 
with the end pointing up, how do you get the ring on?  Seems the only way it 
will fit is pointing down and then you can't see the ring.

tom 
---- David Masucci <drmasucci@comcast.net> wrote: 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> Yea I have had the stem pointing both up and down. I like it up. I'll give 
> your suggestion a try.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net>
> To: "David Masucci" <drmasucci@comcast.net>
> Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Shift boot clamp ring
> 
> 
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > I have one on my shift lever boot.  It'll fit if you put it over the stem 
> > on the boot before sliding the boot over the shift lever.  It helps to put 
> > a little silicone oil on the lever beforehand.
> >
> > This'll bring up the old 'stem up or down' discussion.  It's probably 
> > supposed to be down, but why bother chroming the ring if you can't see it? 
> > Anyway, in my experience the boot lasts a LOT longer with the stem up.
> >
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> > David Masucci wrote:
> >> My BJ8 shift boot was getting a little ragged, so I decided to buy a new 
> >> one from Moss. I hadn't noticed it before, but Moss shows a "chrome ring" 
> >> for the "shift lever grommet". So I decided to get that ring too. I had 
> >> assumed that it slips over the stem of the shift boot around the shift 
> >> lever. But the ring is simply too small for that to be right. What is 
> >> this chrome ring for and where does it go?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Dave
> >> BJ8
> >
> > *******************************************************************
> > Bob Spidell           San Jose, CA            bspidell@comcast.net
> >
> > ******************************************************************* 
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