Re: Transmission tower spring removal
One of my colleagues made a tool to remove and replace the tower spring for a seminar we conducted for our local club. The tool clamped onto a bench vice and was easy to use.
During the seminar we rebuilt about 15 towers. We had about 20 extra towers bead blasted and painted, and had a club member weld up all the, extra worn forks, and another club member mill them. The seminar was all about, take your tower apart, select a new one, have the ball on the end of your shift lever welded up and ground down (we had a welder and a grinding jig at the seminar also), and put it all back together. We had an abundance of extra serviceable parts. Our local club is now the best shifting club in the country.
My experience is that you have to remove both shift rails before you can remove\replace the shift lever and spring.
Tom Endy
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