Help me understand the Anti-Sizzle gear lever...
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 10:02 pm
I am un-bodging my gear lever, but I did not have all the original parts & I am having trouble understanding how the assembly works.
The gear lever has a rubber isolator with a metal bushing that is not bonded to it & so can rotate within it.. The metal bushing is about .125" longer than the rubber.
Here's an exploded view of the assembly
If I place a washer with an ID smaller than the OD of the bushing sleeve above & below that isolator the sleeve nut clamps down on the metal sleeve in the bushing, but then the gear lever can rotate.
Should the 2 washers (I do not have the original lotus parts) have an id larger than the metal sleeve in the bushing, so that when you tighten the sleeve nut it squashes the rubber bushing tightening up the assembly?
If my description is too difficult to understand I will model the assembly & post cross section drawings.
The gear lever has a rubber isolator with a metal bushing that is not bonded to it & so can rotate within it.. The metal bushing is about .125" longer than the rubber.
Here's an exploded view of the assembly
If I place a washer with an ID smaller than the OD of the bushing sleeve above & below that isolator the sleeve nut clamps down on the metal sleeve in the bushing, but then the gear lever can rotate.
Should the 2 washers (I do not have the original lotus parts) have an id larger than the metal sleeve in the bushing, so that when you tighten the sleeve nut it squashes the rubber bushing tightening up the assembly?
If my description is too difficult to understand I will model the assembly & post cross section drawings.