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Re: 192 2014 Gearbox Parts

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Originally Posted by asid61 View Post
Snazzy. Is the shifter shaft hardened?
I remember one of our mentors dislike ball shifters, because his experience with them in the past has been that the balls wear out the inside of the output shaft. Can you cross-section it on one of the ball holes to see if that is the case?
The shifter shaft was not hardened as the prototype did not show enough wear to warrant hardening the shaft.

I'll try to get a picture of one of the ball cavities, but last I checked there was very little wear on the shaft and no visible wear on the balls.