gear lever bush?

[dizzyblonde]

Chris gave the lever a bit of a once over other day, but the bush thing inside the lever had disintgrated...you know the thing that stops it wobbling about so much. Its like a cylinder thing that slots inside. Its been packed with greasee for now.

Does anyone know where to get oe from??
Because my local dealer says they don't come as a seperate part, which I think is a little odd.
Apparently its made of brass

[aermacchi]

You could try going to a bearing supplier and see if they've got a needle roller bearing that would fit

[dizzyblonde]

its a very fine cylindrical shape if that helps

[Sid Squid]

Does anyone know where to get oe from?
You can't. It's supplied as part of the lever, and isn't replaceable as it isn't removable.
Because my local dealer says they don't come as a separate part, which I think is a little odd.
He's right, (see above).
Apparently its made of brass
The original one is yes, the replacements I've made are strips of hard plastic, works at least as well as the original.

You could try going to a bearing supplier and see if they've got a needle roller bearing that would fit
Nice idea, the brief search I did suggested not enough room sadly.

Anyway - why would it need to be replaceable? No-one on here owns a gear lever long enough for the bush to wear out...

:p

[aermacchi]

Bit of nylon or brass tubing from a model shop or engineers supplier might do the job?

[dizzyblonde]

You can't. It's supplied as part of the lever, and isn't replaceable as it isn't removable.



Anyway - why would it need to be replaceable? No-one on here owns a gear lever long enough for the bush to wear out...

:p

:cool: I intend to keep the gear lever!! not intending on breaking it off or anything!!! besides its been there for 7 years I've got quite attached to it!!

[timwilky]

I thought the bush was some sort of lacquered paper. Nice idea would be to bore it and fit a phosphor bronze bush, and possible a grease nipple to the underside.

[yorkie_chris]

Intention was to remove the gear lever from the footpeg to clean and grease it, the action was VERY stiff, getting close to the point where it wouldn't return and changing gear would be impossible.

Removed the 8mm bolt from the back of the peg ok, but then the lever wouldn't come off the peg, so held the lever and hit the back of the peg with a hammer to get the lever off.

A chunk of the bushing came out with it, the inside of the lever was badly corroded.

Put it back together without the little chunk and a load of grease, and the shift mechanism works fine.

[Quiff Wichard]

dam and i thought it was gonna be a picture thread dizzy - from the title.

ala brazilian or hollywood..

[dizzyblonde]

oh qu iff, you funny boy youhttp://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_1_219.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxdm824MXGB)

[Lissa]

I think it's made of nylon. Ours went on our first curvy quite early on. I remember Gary of JHS commenting on the amount of slop on it's first 15k service. As far as I'm aware it's still like that another 35k+ on.:D

I'd leave it. Didn't seem to make any discernible difference.

Pete

[yorkie_chris]

+1

It works better now than it did before, so either buy a new lever or live with it.

The shell that fell out was too small and flimsy to go back in, and it's probably in the bin by now.