Excessive Shift Lever Play?

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

And I thought you were able to avoid shipping because their warehouse was in Atlanta!
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=mcmaster-carr&aq=&sll=33.756672,-84.54988&sspn=0.008153,0.013797&ie=UTF8&hq=mcmaster-carr&hnear=&ll=33.713479,-84.586508&spn=0.003855,0.006899&z=17

Neat video.  Thanks!

[R65_Mark]

And I thought you were able to avoid shipping because their warehouse was in Atlanta!
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=mcmaster-carr&aq=&sll=33.756672,-84.54988&sspn=0.008153,0.013797&ie=UTF8&hq=mcmaster-carr&hnear=&ll=33.713479,-84.586508&spn=0.003855,0.006899&z=17

Neat video.  Thanks!

Apparently my new company does not do the same sort of volume with McMaster Carr as my old, so we get hit with some freight even though we're on a regular drop route.  Still, can't fault the service, same day delivery for most items ordered before noon.

Mark

[bruce_launceston]

I am getting a new needle bearing tomorrow for my lever. With my lateral thinking hat on I think I will put the pivot bolt in the lathe and skim a half of a millimetre off the shoulder. If it is then too tight a swipe across the face of the lever with a file should fine tune the clearance.

[R65_Mark]

I am getting a new needle bearing tomorrow for my lever. With my lateral thinking hat on I think I will put the pivot bolt in the lathe and skim a half of a millimetre off the shoulder. If it is then too tight a swipe across the face of the lever with a file should fine tune the clearance.

Bruce,

I think that will work just as well as the shim idea.  I ended up with a shim 0.026-in thick (i.e. 0.66 mm).  If you have access to a suitable gauge, even feeler gauges might work, you might be able to measure the float under the pivot bolt before you start to give you a target for how much machining the shoulder needs.

Mark