Topic: Installing Gear Shift Bushings


51f1    -- 11-09-2014 @ 11:46 AM
  Where can I get the tool for installing the gear shift linkage bushings on a 51 F-1 (and other models)? It used to come with the bushing kit, but no more. I recall you used a hammer with the tool to bend the end of the brass insert over a washer which held the bushing and rubber grommet in place in the end of the shift linkages.

If you don't have a source for the tool, how do you install the bushings w/o it?

Richard


trjford8    -- 11-09-2014 @ 6:15 PM
  I've used a small ball peen hammer. Put the round end in the cup of the bushing and then hit the face of the ball peen with another hammer.


51f1    -- 11-13-2014 @ 12:20 PM
  Great minds! I had the same idea. Thanks.

Richard


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