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April 14, 2015 at 12:08 pm
#13923
Gearshift detent:
The detent gets stiff because the bullet at the end of the spring develops a ridge.
The only way I could cure this was to shorten the spring slightly on a grinding wheel.
Go a little at a time and test the detent action. It typically took only a 1/32" or so.