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Subject:Re: Shifter spring placement
From:Chris S.
Date:Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:42:50 -0500

I found this and it may help to verify:  http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1151300

Chris.

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Dnia Feb 15, 2012 o godz. 2:25 Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a):

> Hi,
> 
> just wanting to make sure I'm doing this right.  The two-piece ball that
> fits into the socket at the base of the shifter was broken on my donor van,
> so I had to put the thing back together having never seen it correctly
> assembled.  Here is a picture to illustrate my question:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/7hxqzuq
> 
> I just want to make sure that the base of the spring goes against the top
> part of that white plastic piece, meaning that when assembled the spring
> goes from the top of the white plastic wrapped around the shaft to the
> bottom of the collar which will be where the hole for the set screw is,
> currently about three turns of the spring from the top of the white piece.
> 
> The reason I'm asking is that those white plastic "legs" that go around the
> shaft don't seem all that substantial, and I just wanted to check that I
> didn't miss anything.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> mike