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Originally Posted by alexiskai
Took my shift lever and forks to a machine shop to have the wear points welded up. Got them back and it looks like the ball is .472 and the forks are .480 and .483. I know the official numbers are .490 and .493-.5. The fit between them is good, no binding, but I wanted to check with you folks to see if I need to worry. Is there a reason the ball needs to be .490 or is it enough that it's smooth and round and fits the forks cleanly?
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Relative, to a degree.
Look at it this way. Strive for absolute, but at the end of the day, getting it as close as you have it, I would probably call it good. You don't want the shifter to be so sloppy that it gets stuck in between gears or that it pops out of gear while you are driving down the road. You also want to put back enough metal to allow for future wear. That being said, many a shifter after 90 or so years are still going strong with lots of wear.
How far off were they originally?