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Johnny4428:
😳😳 can’t think that would have been swivelling very smoothly with that jammed in there Ted. Is it the swivel bolt that is worn or is it the gear lever?

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
It's a bit of both, the pivot has a visible wear grove from what was the top point, oddly enough the gear lever hole part seems to have a more even amount of wear, a bit of both in reality.

I'll pop a photo up tomorrow of the wear groove, it'spartly visible near the circlip groove.

Orcade-Ian:
Looks like both are worn Johnny,
Ted, do you have access to a lathe or a mate nearby with one?  As the worn end is only supporting the gearlever, I would turn it down to clean it up but leave the circlip groove and perhaps open the hole out a tad in the lever and press in a custom made bronze bush.  Give me a shout if you get stuck.

Ian

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Thanks for the offer Ian, I might take you up on it in the not too distant future, the boss on the gear lever is quite substantial so fitting a bush looks doable.

I spoke to Ken today who talked about a bush option as well as telling me about some new (NOS) levers that were up for sale on e-bay at pretty high prices including postage from the US or Germany.

The only two blokes  I knew with machining skills with a lathe of their own have kicked the proverbial bucket over a decade ago. With Rolls Royce being in Derby there used to be an abundance of  decent local machine shops that have have gradually gone.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
If you zoom in on the earlier photo you can see the wear shoulder a few mm from the circlip groove.

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