[Shotimes] Re: ATX shifter button goes bazoing!

[MonsieurBoo@aol.com]

"The same thing happened to me.  I had to replace the entire shifter lever 
assembly as the button can't be purchased separately."

This is what several folks have said.  Bummer.  Now, in looking at this 
button, it's all made of black plastic and it looks like at the far end it had a 
half-loop molded as part of it like a big eye of a needle or eyebolt, and the 
plastic is lighter color on the sides where it looks like it broke.  My guess is 
that when assembling the shift knob to the shifter, they push the button in 
so that loop slips behind the piece that the button controls, and this is what 
holds the button in against spring tension.  It's a thin strip and probably 
broke from wearing out from being flexed every time the button is pushed in.  

It wouldn't seem hard to plastic-cement or heat fuse another strip of plastic 
to replace it.  Then the question becomes whether the shift lever/shift knob 
assembly can be disassembled and reassembled as it was originally done.  
Comments?  Experiences?

Cheers,
Mark LaBarre
94 ATX 125k