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Re: Auto shifter stiff
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:27 pm
by Erebus
I recommend one of you e-mail or PM Butch at CVI and ask him what lubricant he used. He had specific stuff and I can't remember the name.
Re: Auto shifter stiff
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:27 pm
by Miloki
Thanks for the suggestion - I e-mailed Butch so hope to hear from him.
Re: Auto shifter stiff
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:49 am
by Erebus
There is a thread on the UK forum that shows the switch taken apart. That thread links to this thread, I figured I'd do the same. So here it is:
http://www.mdocuk.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=35054
Re: Auto shifter stiff
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:45 am
by TardisDeli
Hey Erebus, thanks for updates. Do you suggest this is something we should all be checking and lubing as regular maintenance, ie at our next deli-meet we all park one set of wheels on the curb and crawl under ... can one see the seal covering the end of that triangular thingy (is that the rooster comb?). See you soon??? Christine.
Re: Auto shifter stiff
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:44 am
by Erebus
TardisDeli wrote:Do you suggest this is something we should all be checking and lubing as regular maintenance, ie at our next deli-meet we all park one set of wheels on the curb and crawl under ... can one see the seal covering the end of that triangular thingy (is that the rooster comb?). See you soon??? Christine.
Ya, it wouldn't hurt. Especially since it so easy, you don't even really need to put wheel on curb.
Although it looks a lot like a rooster comb, I gather the one inside the transmission is the one that does all the work of shifting.
Hey, next time you are at CVI, ask Butch what lubricant he used. I keep forgetting to e-mail him.
As for "see you soon", don't know. School wipes out much of the year, I'm off for the summer only 'cause I'm not looking for work. But Lesley started a new job so can't take time off; and if I went west by myself I might end up dead!