Does anyone know the torque spec for the shift pivot bolt shown in the picture below? I cannot find it anywhere in the factory service manual for the A model. It only shows details for the AE model.
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Actually, you can over tighten the shouldered bolt. If the wave washer is even mostly flattened it will bind enough that the shift drum will not come back to a neutral position all the time. When you go to shift there will be no gear there until you return the shift lever to the neutral position with you toe.By the way, it is a shouldered bolt so it can't bind the shifter. Over tightening can only strip the threads.
It might have been clearer if I had said 'spacer'. Then you could tighten down as hard as you like without over tightening the 'wave washer'.If you are worried about overtightening the 'wave washer' why not fit a suitablewasher spacer under the shoulder?
As far as I know, mine has never been damaged or distorted. The first time I serviced the shift lever, I tightened the pivot bolt "normally". The wave washer ended out pretty much flat and there was significant resistance to pivoting freely. I ended out backing it off a quarter turn or so. Fairly snug but not really tight - blue Locktite has kept it from working its way loose. I'll have a good look at it this winter. (I have some MAJOR routine maintenance to do this year - I pretty much neglected it last year.) Perhaps a thin shim (1/2 mm or less) below the shoulder (threaded portion) would be appropriate.But if all of the parts are clean and not damaged or distorted, the shoulder bolt should be tightened fully (albeit torqued lightly) in it's threaded hole, and the wave washer should not bind the lever from pivoting, just restrain it from rattling / moving laterally on the shaft.
Thanks Fred, that's what I was trying to say..............I understood what you meant. If your wave washer puts too much pressure on the shift lever, you would want to put a shim on the threaded section of the shoulder bolt (that is the same OD as the shank or smaller) to effectively make the shoulder bolt longer and reduce that pressure. I would do that before I just left the shoulder bolt loose.
But if all of the parts are clean and not damaged or distorted, the shoulder bolt should be tightened fully (albeit torqued lightly) in it's threaded hole, and the wave washer should not bind the lever from pivoting, just restrain it from rattling / moving laterally on the shaft.
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