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Subject:Re: Shifter spring placement
From:Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
Date:Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:14:37 -0600

Thanks, perfect.

mike

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Chris S. <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:

> I found this and it may help to verify:
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1151300
>
>
>
> Chris.
>
> Wysłane z iPhone'a
>
> Dnia Feb 15, 2012 o godz. 2:25 Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a):
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > just wanting to make sure I'm doing this right.  The two-piece ball that
> > fits into the socket at the base of the shifter was broken on my donor
> van,
> > so I had to put the thing back together having never seen it correctly
> > assembled.  Here is a picture to illustrate my question:
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/7hxqzuq
> >
> > I just want to make sure that the base of the spring goes against the top
> > part of that white plastic piece, meaning that when assembled the spring
> > goes from the top of the white plastic wrapped around the shaft to the
> > bottom of the collar which will be where the hole for the set screw is,
> > currently about three turns of the spring from the top of the white
> piece.
> >
> > The reason I'm asking is that those white plastic "legs" that go around
> the
> > shaft don't seem all that substantial, and I just wanted to check that I
> > didn't miss anything.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > mike
>

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