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by fatbaldingoldgit
Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:27 pm
Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
Topic: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE
Replies: 51
Views: 3461

Re: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE

and looking at the clamp side. P1010395.JPG This is how the new clamp looks with nice curvy ends..courtesy of my Dremel.... P1010397.JPG At this point I fitted the Slickshift bell crank at the gearbox end. I Followed Mike's written instructions....screwed the ends on 7 turns (out of 18 available so ...
by fatbaldingoldgit
Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:17 pm
Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
Topic: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE
Replies: 51
Views: 3461

Re: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE

Here is the new end plate in position.. P1010364.JPG ...and bolted up to the Slickshift end plate..I briefly flirted with cutting the original end plate off and welding on the new one but it was easier and quickest to just bolt them together and relieve bits of the old plate which would otherwise ge...
by fatbaldingoldgit
Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:50 am
Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
Topic: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE
Replies: 51
Views: 3461

Re: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE

Thanks Rob...I may redo some of the photos as they seem a tad fuzzy in this thread...do they look OK to you?
by fatbaldingoldgit
Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:09 pm
Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
Topic: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE
Replies: 51
Views: 3461

Re: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE

more later..just got to retrieve the photties..
by fatbaldingoldgit
Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:49 pm
Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
Topic: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE
Replies: 51
Views: 3461

Re: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE

Yup...that works..the Slickshift swivel ends fit nicely 1.jpg Now, in order to fit the LE500 cables to the Slickshift we also need to mod the end plate..Fortunately, the LE500 cables need a 24mm hole to fit. The MGR cables need a 23.5 hole to fit so...we need a new end plate with 2 x 24mm holes in t...
by fatbaldingoldgit
Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:35 pm
Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
Topic: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE
Replies: 51
Views: 3461

Re: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE

As an aside note that the Slickshift stick is about 1” shorter than the standard LE500 stick P1010269.jpg P1010270.jpg Anyway...thinking about fitting the Slickshift I really did not want to replace the cables. My cables were pretty young and I prefer the way they fit to the end plate..Much better t...
by fatbaldingoldgit
Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:23 pm
Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
Topic: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE
Replies: 51
Views: 3461

Re: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE

Here is my write up on how to fit the Mike Satur Slickshift to an LE500 without replacing the gear cables.. My LE500 has only done about 13k miles. Nevertheless the gear change is woolly, wobbly and imprecise. The stick is also a tad longer than I would prefer. I've read numerous accounts of others ...
by fatbaldingoldgit
Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:11 am
Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
Topic: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE
Replies: 51
Views: 3461

Re: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE

I don't know..He was quite interested in the solution before I started and I posted him afterwards with the links and posed the question but so far I haven't heard from him..Its never a quick process to change design so I suspect he is still thinking about it..Before Christmas he had a lot on his pl...
by fatbaldingoldgit
Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:45 am
Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
Topic: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE
Replies: 51
Views: 3461

Re: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE

They are..I could do a "quick" cut and paste if you think it useful..happy to post in it's entirety as a new posting or as an add-on to this..What would be best do you think?
by fatbaldingoldgit
Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:23 pm
Forum: Members Classifieds
Topic: FOR SALE: 11 spoke and GS-D2 215x40x16
Replies: 2
Views: 206

FOR SALE: 11 spoke and GS-D2 215x40x16

I have a good used 16" 11 spoke satin black wheel..with minor scuff marks and, separately, a good used 215 x 40ZR 16 82W GS-D2 with 4mm of tread available collected from West Sussex...can post piccies if necessary..

Available now...came off my 2009 LE500

.../David
by fatbaldingoldgit
Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:16 pm
Forum: Technical - Sponsored by Brown & Gammons
Topic: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE
Replies: 51
Views: 3461

Re: LE 500 GEAR CHANGE

As the person who did this I can say that it is possible and not too difficult. The gear change is much improved as a result. Although this is a solution for the LE500 I expect that it would work equally well with any SAIC/NAC sourced TF. The solution is to fabricate a new end plate for the Slickshi...