That 1" hole should have a plastic bushing in it. You may be able to find
one in the "HELP" section at a parts house somewhere. They are probably
still available from Chrysler, - but you can probably forget about a parts
guy finding the part number.
Regards,
DaveG.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenyon Wills" <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "IML" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 1:28 PM
Subject: IML: 72 trans linkage - missing a part?? Help needed.
> I am re-assembling a 1972 that had a driveline swap. My other fuselage
cars are not handy to look at for reference.
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> There is a horizontal rod that transmits the trans shift commands. It
pivots in two brackets. One bracket is on the drivers side frame of the
car, the other is bolted to the transmission. The one bolted to the
transmission has a hole that the horizontal dowel slides through and pivots
inside of. The dowel has an arm on each end that the linkages from the
steering column and to the trans are connected to.
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> When I put the horizontal dowel into the bracket, the dowel is 3/8" or so
in diameter.
> The hole that it is going into is about 3/4" or 1" in diameter, meaning
that there is lots of slop. I see no wear marks in the grease on the
bracket to indicate that there was a grommet or other item that reduced the
inside diameter of the bracket (why not stamp the hole the right size to
begin with???). The dowel appears worn where it would be rubbing on either
the bracket or some sort of sleeve.
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> I am suspicious about my current setup and suspect that I am missing an
item. Can someone check this? On my car, if you grab the linkage dowel you
can wiggle it and it makes a banging racket as it floats around inside the
trans-mounted bracket, not unlike when the idler arm is worn and there is
slop in the drag link/steering linkage.
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> I want to disclaim that I know that dowels are probably a wood-working
term, and that all parts described are in fact metal, so are probably rods,
but I used "dowel" because I felt like it, and I hope that was a good enough
description to get the job done. I also wonder if D2 will write in with the
correct name of the linkage dowel rod thingey if he knows it (-C'mon, I'm
counting on you). He gets my nomination for member of the month if he can
pull that one out of the hat.
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> Kenyon Wills
> http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1960/Kenyon/Page01.htm
> http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1964/Kenyon64/
> http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1970/Kenyon1970/index.htm
> http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1973/Wills/index.htm
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