Replica gear stick.

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phlip99
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Replica gear stick.

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I'm about to fit one of Gerry's "replica T bar" gear sticks onto my LT77 gearbox.

The existing shaft is 13mm diameter and 6" long. I would like the knob ideally to be about 1/2" lower than it is currently.

Gerry's stick is 5" long and 3/4" diam (19mm) with a hole 1 1/2" deep for the existing shaft to locate. The hole is only 10mm diam so I've bored it out to 13mm leaving a 3mm wall.

So I reckon I need to chop 4" off the existing shaft leaving just 2".

Does this sound about right? I don't mean the maths, I mean is this what people generally do? Is the 3mm wall strong enough?
Many thanks

Phil.
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3mm is pretty enough.

Or mill down the 13mm to 10 mm, enough too
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Thanks Migge, that's reassuring.
Phil.
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