5 speed gear selector lever

[bhamsailor]

Still trying to remove the lever. The end at the bottom seems like a good place to strike with a hammer and it should release from the yoke. I have the housing upside down in a vise and have removed the split ring that secures the plastic cup the ball fits into. I tried to pry and broke the plastic lip in spare part that happens to have the shorter selector lever I want to use. Do not want to break the one in the unit that is coming out.
Have read your info. on just pulling up with a cloth wrapped around the base and since I am 70, I don't seem to have the strength to make that happen. A few strikes with the hammer do not seem to do anything either. Appreciate any help anyone might have.

Michael Shawlee

[Jolyon39]

Hi Michael,

This should fall out of the gearbox extension on the LT77 gearbox.

The gearstick is held in at three points

1. The cup over the top of the ball has a tab on it that is usually obscured by road dirt and grease. The tab has a small bolt holding it down and can be easily undone from the top. The tab faces rearwards and directly above the prop shaft

2 and 3. The ball has a dowel out each side that is held by the arm of a spring over it. Just get a big screwdriver in there to lever it off. The dowels point at the driver on one side and the passenger on the other.

NOTE: The reverse detent plunger has a spring and nylon lug on it that will fly away when you extract the gearstick. This is against the front of the ball and you should cover the thing with a rag so it all falls to the ground when you gently, no hammer, pull out the gearstick.

Jolyon

[FI Spyder]

There seems to be a disconnect between what Michael seems to be describing and what I remember the mechanism to be (it's as Jolyon describes). If I lived on the mainland I'd pop on down across the line and have a look and give a hand.

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[tr7sprint1]

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Hi Michael,

This should fall out of the gearbox extension on the LT77 gearbox.

The gearstick is held in at three points

1. The cup over the top of the ball has a tab on it that is usually obscured by road dirt and grease. The tab has a small bolt holding it down and can be easily undone from the top. The tab faces rearwards and directly above the prop shaft

2 and 3. The ball has a dowel out each side that is held by the arm of a spring over it. Just get a big screwdriver in there to lever it off. The dowels point at the driver on one side and the passenger on the other.

NOTE: The reverse detent plunger has a spring and nylon lug on it that will fly away when you extract the gearstick. This is against the front of the ball and you should cover the thing with a rag so it all falls to the ground when you gently, no hammer, pull out the gearstick.

Jolyon
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There is a picture in this link that shows two for the three lock points of the shift lever: http://www.forum.triumphtr7.com/topic.a ... C_ID=15253



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[bhamsailor]

Thanks for all the help. I was working with a spare gear shift housing that had a shorter shift lever that I want to use. I turned the housing up side down and struck with a hammer on the end of the shift lever. I had already removed the cup from the top and the split ring. It released from the plastic holder in the yoke, but broke the plastic holder. I am hoping the one still in the car will be usable as I do not see that those are available. The ball on the end of the lever is still on. I imagine it is pressed on, but it can be used as is. Again thanks.

Mike