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Rebuilding shift rails?

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Mushroom Steve

08-01-2001 17:17:15




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Love this discussion board! I've learned sooo much from this sight...anyway...I'm getting ready to start work on a 1936 unstyled WC...quite rough but I'm sure it will be worth it.(Side question-was there a styled WC in 1936?) Among many other things, the shifter will need some work. The forks look good but changing gears is way too hard and it gets stuck between gears. This spring I had the same problem with a recently purchased WD 45. I took the shifter rails out and inspected the bearings and springs...they looked new! I cleaned them up and reinstalled them but the problem was'nt any better. (Luckily,a local bone yard gave me a good deal on an exchange.) Can anyone in this vast pool of knoweledge give me some insight? Any tricks? Where might I find new parts?

Thank you in advance

Steve ("One man gathers what another man spills"-stephen hunter)

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Phil auten (Tx)

08-02-2001 07:09:32




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 Re: Rebuilding shift rails? in reply to Mushroom Steve (wi), 08-01-2001 17:17:15  
Steve,
The styled WC didn't appear until '38 or '39.
Ken's right about the shifter repair, those 50+ parts aren't in the best of shape (kinda like me).
Do you call yourself Mushroom Steve because you raise mushrooms, or because you're always in the dark? :o)

Phil



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Mushroom Steve (Wi)

08-02-2001 09:35:40




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 Re: Re: Rebuilding shift rails? in reply to Phil auten (Tx), 08-02-2001 07:09:32  
I raise mushrooms...but...I guess a little bit of both Phil(ha-ha). In the case of the WD 45 the shifter keyway,"ball", and lugs were in excellent shape. Still a mystery to me. (I had the same problem with a WD and a worn shifter was definitly the problem.) Anyway,where might I find a rebuild kit for the rails? They dont seem to be listed in the places I have checked.

Steve



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Ken

08-02-2001 05:05:32




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 Re: Rebuilding shift rails? in reply to Mushroom Steve (wi), 08-01-2001 17:17:15  
Steve, the problem is not in the rails, but in the lugs where the end of the shift lever rides, they will wear, the cure is to have the worn areas built up with weld, and machined back to the original configuration, any good machine shop should be able to do this for you, the other big problem is the keyway and mating key in the shifting lever where it passes through the tower, these also need to be repaired. Ken

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