Gear stick question (Scot)

[RayTVR]

Quote from OP.

Hi, I’m new here but in need of some help please. I have an 280 S1.5 and the gear stick has just snapped off at the base. I managed with the help of AA to get home but I now have the issue of repair. Any top tips please or ideas where I can get spares. I have tried Motoclan and tvrspares.co.uk.

Edited by RayTVR on Wednesday 18th September 19:07

[RayTVR]

RayTVR said:

Quote from OP.

Hi, I’m new here but in need of some help please. I have an 280 S1.5 and the gear stick has just snapped off at the base. I managed with the help of AA to get home but I now have the issue of repair. Any top tips please or ideas where I can get spares. I have tried Motoclan and tvrspares.co.uk.



I have this in my garage which is a 'short-shift' lever that was developed by Richard Kitchen at Southways a few years ago. I took it off as I found it had a significant rattle which was pretty annoying, but would obviously work well enough to get you going if its any help. Yours if you want it for price of postage.

Edited by RayTVR on Wednesday 18th September 19:08

[e42]

Burton Power do a ‘quiet’ quick shift for the Type 9 gearbox, I have one and it has no rattle. Could be modified as per the picture I guess

[GreenV8S]

RayTVR said:

Quote from OP.

Hi, I’m new here but in need of some help please. I have an 280 S1.5 and the gear stick has just snapped off at the base. I managed with the help of AA to get home but I now have the issue of repair. Any top tips please or ideas where I can get spares. I have tried Motoclan and tvrspares.co.uk.

Do you know where it failed? My S2 used to have a very annoying rattle which seems very common and I think is caused by the crude dog-leg that TVR welded into it. Quite likely yours has failed at one of these welds. If so, you probably have enough left to get it welded back together. You'd need to remove the bottom part of the lever from the 'box and take it to a welder, but it doesn't look as if should be a difficult or expensive repair.

[mk1fan]

Richard's shifter while constructed in the same way as the TVR offering is actually well thought out and works. So a worthy upgrade to do if you have the TVR one. You can tell it is the TVR one as it has a bent arm between the vertical sticks, Richard's is a straight bar. Or you can whip out the gearbox and shorten the remote to be directly under the hole in the transtunnel - the Scimitar mod. Philpot says it takes 20-mins with a couple of emergency axle stands and two spanners

I wouldn't bother with the short shift kit from Burton as it is designed for when the lever goes 'straight up' out of the remote rather than how the S one is cranked.

I would bother with refreshing / replacing the bushes, springs, sims etc .. in the remote which causes slack and thus rattling. Burton sell these too or did.

I would also bother replacing the rubber gaitor if it is perished too. https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&... works well and cheap.

[Scot Copsey]

Thanks all for the feedback atm, going in the garage with it tomorrow and will try and get some pics up if i need further help, Thanks again

[Scot Copsey]

GreenV8S said:

Do you know where it failed? My S2 used to have a very annoying rattle which seems very common and I think is caused by the crude dog-leg that TVR welded into it. Quite likely yours has failed at one of these welds. If so, you probably have enough left to get it welded back together. You'd need to remove the bottom part of the lever from the 'box and take it to a welder, but it doesn't look as if should be a difficult or expensive repair.

It failed at the base of the gear stick. I am hoping we can weld it. Taking a proper look tomorrow with my buddy who has all the right kit.

[Scot Copsey]

Scot Copsey said:

It failed at the base of the gear stick. I am hoping we can weld it. Taking a proper look tomorrow with my buddy who has all the right kit.

http://s194.photobucket.com/user/mk1fan/media/Samy/20140531_145017.jpg.html

This picture shows the base of the stick where it joins the linkage arm.

[mk1fan]

you mean this one -

[Scot Copsey]

All sorted this afternoon. My friend drilled it out and did some great engineering and welded the broken gear stick. Great job. Thanks for all your advice above all.