As it's just aluminum, they should be able to weld it just fine. It should
still work for you as long as perhaps the ball socket wasn't effected.
I was able to re-weld my shortened 3-rail shift extension, and at least for
the last 800 miles since the re-built the welds and metal has held up just
fine.
http://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/spit6whiteyFI/spit6whiteyFI_shortshifter.htm
If they say they can't weld it up, send it my way and we'll work something
out.
Paul Tegler
ptegler@cablespeed.com
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:05 PM
Subject: shifter part needed
> Fellow Spitfirers, I may need a part. Today I was installing a
> rebuilt OD (that's a long story) and part of the shifter mechanism
> broke. That part is the aluminum casting that holds the shift lever
> and anchors the trailing end of the control rod. The gearbox is a
> single-rail box with OD. With this setup the trailing end of the
> rod, the end with the knuckle that the shifter fits into, goes into
> this casting, and another aluminum plate bolts to the back end of the
> casting to act as a seal and to hold it in position on the tail of
> the OD unit.
>
> The casting just broke. Don't think we stressed it very much but we
> must have, I guess. Bummer. I took the pieces to a machine shop a
> few minutes from the house and asked if they could heliarc weld it.
> They said maybe, it was worth a try. It doesn't take much stress,
> doesn't have to hold oil or any pressure. They'll let me know
> tomorrow or Monday. If they don't think they can fix it I'll need
> another one.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jim Muller
> jimmuller@rcn.com
>
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