Re: hard shifting
A fellow club member was having difficulty shifting his newly acquired Model A that had been restored. The tower had also been restored. I gave him another tower and it solved his problem.
When I took his tower apart I Found a pair of reproduction forks that I have never seen before and are apparently new on the market. They look to be a rough casting instead of forged. The slots in the forks are not wide enough to accommodate the ball on the end of the shifter. This caused the ball to jam up. The shifter was also a new reproduction, however, the ball was the correct size.
The Tunnels through the forks are too small and caused one of them to crack. I would be very careful using these reproduction forks when restoring a tower. Stick with the time proven method of having the originals welded up and milled to the proper size.
Tom Endy
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