Re: milano shift linkage

[Mark Denovich <mark@domain.elided>]

Carson or Wendy wrote:
> I was able to find all the parts I needed at EB spares though
> highwood knew what I was talking about and could get them in a week. 
> Everybody I talked to in north america was clueless. ymmv,
Vick's has the entire kit (all bushings, rose joints, washers, pins, 
etc) ready to go for $90.

My shifter was so sloppy it was hard to get into 5th gear...  When I 
finally was able to attack it, I found that the bolt connecting the 
shift lever to the linkage had loosened.   In the process it had worn 
the original bushing oval, and mutilated itself and it's threads.

I chucked the bushing in my lathe and bored it so that it slip fit over 
an M8 bolt, lubed everything, and reassembled.   It was a huge 
difference.  No more rattling shifter either.

	--Mark
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