Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Transmission / Shifter question

[Jeff Greenfield (coyote]

Thank you Hans ... This is what I have been trying to explain.

Jeff

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On Feb 24, 2008, at 3:22 PM, "Hans E. Hansen" <FList [at] hanshansen.org>  
wrote:

> I don't see what is so hard to understand about this.  When you push
> fore-aft on the shift lever, it pushes the shift forks - regardless of
> type of linkage or where/how the shift lever is mounted.  If you  
> continue
> to push after the syncro is in position, the fork will exert pressure
> against the syncro ring - again, regardless of linkage type.  If you
> release all pressure from the shift lever, the fork sort of 'floats'  
> in
> the syncro groove.  Resting your hand on the shift lever won't
> damage the forks *as long as you are exerting NO fore-aft pressure*.
> However, in normal driving situations, it is difficult to be certain  
> that
> you are exerting NO force.
>
> As a teenager, I was guilty of this.  I had to replace the 3-4 fork in
> a 4 speed because I always had my hand there anticipating the
> next up or down shift while driving crooked roads.  A mechanic
> set me straight and I had no more problems.
>
> Hans.
>
> On 2/24/08, clyde romero <clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> > Well you can believe what you want but I cant see how a linkage  
> > that goes
> > through a gated shifter and transmits its request for a gear thru a  
> > torque
> > tube is going to apply sufficient pressure to effect shift forks  
> > that are
> > very much removed from the applied pressure. Especially when the  
> > pressure is
> > applied vertically to the shifter and the only damage I can see is  
> > the
> > return spring that LS mentions.
> >
> > And LS did the ignition skip go away?
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