Hi, Dan -
I just did this job a few weeks ago using a new rubber boot and a new chrome
ring, both from Moss. The neck of the rubber boot should fit inside the
ring with the boot off the car. It's stiff, but you can stuff it in with
enough effort. The tip of the neck of the boot has a flange, and all you
have to do is get this flange through the ring.
The neck of the boot with the chrome ring goes on the shift lever with the
chrome ring down. I lubricated the shift lever with WD-40 before installing
the boot, and worked it down the shaft with my fingers until I could install
the outer lip of the boot onto the flange of the fiberglass tranny cover.
It has been a topic of discussion on the list before about why the ring is
chrome plated, since once installed it's invisible. Nobody had a definite
answer, but possibly it was for corrosion protection. Can't imagine it was
for trim purposes.
Good luck!
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces+sbyers=ec.rr.com@autox.team.net
[mailto:healeys-bounces+sbyers=ec.rr.com@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
Daniel and Diane White
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 5:58 AM
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Gear lever boot ring
O.K. here's a question for you listers with a center shift gearbox. My
exploded view of the gearbox shows the chrome ferrule, "gear lever boot
ring", on the underside of the rubber gear lever boot (Moss catalog).
Logic (?) would dictate to me that the ferrule is on top and fits over
the molded part of the boot that slides down over the base of the gear
lever. Question- has anyone successfully installed one of these chrome
ferrules? I've lubed the boot, the gear lever, put the boot on the
lever, tried to put the ferrule on the boot- no go. To me it looks like
the i.d. of the ferrule is too small for the o.d. of the boot portion
that slides down over the gear lever. I think my only recourse is to
saw a slit in the ferrule on the back side. I wonder if /some/ of the
people that repro /some /of these parts ever try to put them on a
Healey. Any thoughts?
Dan White
1962 BN7 Mk II
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