I GUESS the protrusion is simply attached to the bar.
I gave it a knock directly onto the little lobe that is pushing the ball in the reverse switch. The protrusion did not come off the bar, but the lobe was flat after 3 or 4 hits, so it couldn�t push the switch. The lobe had moved 90 degrees to the left. It did not turn on the bar but the lobe had to come out there because I flatened it in its original position (since metal does not disappear when hammering on it).
And the same works vice versa: make it flat and it will come out somewhere else. 
 
Man, I hate writing technical descriptions in english, forgive me...
 
And: The shifter bar only fits in one position.
 
Raimund
    -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
    Von: Michael Townsend <townsend@RTP.ERICSSON.SE>
    An: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
    Datum: Dienstag, 2. Februar 1999 14:45
    Betreff: Re: Reverse Lights
    
    
    Uhhh,
     
    I thought the cam-shaped protrusion was PART of the shifter bar -- are you implying that it is simply attached to the shifter bar?  When I tried to turn it with pliers, the other side of the bar (where the shifter hooks to it) moved.   Am I supposed to somehow disconnect the shifter linkage first, and then try to turn it?  Wouldn't that cause my 2 & 4 to change places with 1&3 ?  :-)
     
    Michael

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