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Re: [Tigers] Shift Boot Install Wisdom Needed...

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Subject: Re: [Tigers] Shift Boot Install Wisdom Needed...
From: Larry Mayfield <drmayf@mayfco.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 13:38:48 -0800
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Ok! It is now on!  Heating was the solution..kinda cold here so that 
worked out well. Kept my hands warm also..

Many thanks to all!

larry

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On 1/12/2014 10:48 AM, Larry Mayfield wrote:
> Ok, so I removed a shift boot that has been on the Tiger for, lemme 
> see,  an even 50 years. Hard as an old tractor tire that has been out 
> in the sun for several decades.  I have a new one to install, along 
> with a new chrome ring and screws. So I am looking at the reverse 
> lockout bar and saying to myself...that looks like it is going to be 
> difficult to do, lol.  I see that the lever can be removed but, 
> truthfully, that does not look like it will help any at all.  So, I am 
> guessing that the proscribed method is to simply stretch that boot 
> over the shaft and the lockout bar as best one can. That it?  Does a 
> slight amount of heat from a heat gun help any? Silicon spray?   How 
> have some of you folk recently done it?
>
> Any help out there?
>
> larry
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