Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Kevfra
I thknk all the short shift kits use the ball alone rather than the ball and block like factory. I installed the blue generic and am delighted with it, very good quality, and again just the ball. I think at some point this might be a wear issue, but the fix would be fast and easy. It doesn;t add any more slop than factory because the factory ball and block have slop as well.
I've read a lot of comments about fanatical efforts to build close tolerance bushings etcetera to get things tight and once you look at the entire assembly you'll see there is so much room for slop it'll never be truly tight. Just the nature of the cable link is sloppy, then the connections to the cable, the connection from the shift lever to the cable receiver...on and on. Lots of places for slop. The bushings on the shifter I installed were sloppy but there is an adjustment to take up the slack and make it so tight you can't even shift, so no problem there. I wouldn't worry about the ball on the left-right roller block, or the bushings. Install the eighty buck shifter and be happy.
By the way I also did not rotate the handle 180 degrees and I love the thing leaning to the left. Much closer to the wheel and a more natural rotation of the right forearm for comfort. Leave it the way they built it.
|
All the slop and play adds up. The more little bits of imprecision there are, the more loose and unpleasant the whole thing is so even though there is some play that you can't avoid doesn't mean you don't want to eliminate what you can.