Length of lever, not rear extension...

I used the Sierra lever with the whole of the top part (from the rubber bit upwards)removed. This gave a nice direct movement, but rather a short throw and a little stiff.

Lacking welding skills/equipment, I went for an alternative way of increasing the length of the stick.

In the attached pic:

1. The original set up

2. gear stick extended by about an inch with some steel tube sleeving the original shaft, the upper hollow space filled with a cutoff piece of M10 bolt and the whole lot stuck together with lashings of Araldite Rapid Steel (good up to 70C, so it claims)

3. Gear level back in place with a cutoff piece of spring to push the gaiter up and make it look neater - less wrinkled and no steel shaft showing, still allowing room to fix the gear knob (it has a screw-on collar)

4. Cutoff bit of Metro gear stick sleeving pushed through gaiter hole

5. All refitted

[Edited on 19.12.2005 by Humbug]
Rescued attachment 2005-12-19 ST gearstick extension.jpg

How about the short bit (bit left after top bit with rubber is removed) bolted onto a type 9 quick shift (£19.00 from Burton)??

This should raise the lever and shorten the throw.

[Edited on 19/12/05 by donut]

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Originally posted by donut
How about the short bit (bit left after top bit with rubber is removed) bolted onto a type 9 quick shift (£19.00 from Burton)??

This should raise the lever and shorten the throw.

[Edited on 19/12/05 by donut]

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Or this

Quickshift

virtually free.

Cheers

Chris

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Originally posted by chrisg
Or this

Quickshift

virtually free.

Cheers

Chris

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If you drop me your address off list I have the lever extension from a Quick shift that you can have.

regards

Keith
Suffolk