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FS5W71B Rebuild Thread - Tips tricks and discoveries!

zKars
zKars
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comment_588734
  On 12/4/2019 at 6:56 PM, Zed Head said:


Another mystery company.  Megazip.  https://www.megazip.net/zapchasti-dlya-avtomobilej/nissan/280zx-2130/s130-6259/s130-182373/transmission-shift-control-2307215

Megazip is one of the companies I tried. Amayama was another Japanese company, again, No dice. Nissan parts deal indicates its discontinued. I took that as NLA. 

comment_588748
  On 12/5/2019 at 12:17 AM, Zed Head said:

Look at post #9.  They can wear out.  Too much hard shofting maybe.

Thanks for locating that.

In the case of the shifter fork pictured, why can't the lost material be added back? Are they hardened? Some other reason? Just thinking out loud...

comment_588755
  On 12/4/2019 at 1:47 PM, zKars said:

Just click and hold on the title text, and it turns into an edit field. 

If you made the tiltle you have some weeks to change it.. or month's, don't know.. maybe @Mike can tell..?

On topic,

why not weld the old fork? Steel or aluminum (aluminium also  ? ) i weld both…  This week i learnt how to weld with copper/silicium with a MIG... yeah!  still learning new tricks!!  (it is a colder weld! within days i will show some welds in my thread: restoring a 280zx slick roof.)

comment_588756
  On 12/4/2019 at 8:13 PM, Patcon said:

How do the shofter forks go bad?

 

  On 12/5/2019 at 12:17 AM, Zed Head said:

Look at post #9.  They can wear out.  Too much hard shofting maybe.

Hihi so funny… i go shoft my shifter….  :beer:

comment_588771

As I will upgrade my Z to a 5-speed one day, and likely won't be able to afford a rebuilt unit, I'm glad this thread exists.  I've rebuilt a toploader before.  So far, this doesn't look significantly more difficult, provided one can find parts.

comment_588774
  On 12/4/2019 at 8:13 PM, Patcon said:

How do the shofter forks go bad?

 

If the fork isn't broken from hard shifting, "abby normal", premature wear usually comes from resting one's hand on the shifter while driving.

Edited by Mark Maras

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    comment_588778
      On 12/5/2019 at 3:11 PM, Mark Maras said:

    premature wear usually comes from resting one's hand on the shifter

    that what i thought to, leaning and holding on to the shifter in 2nd...  wears out the fork..

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