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It bugs me to be driving my '61 and listening to my stock 4 spd shifter rattle. It's the T part for the reverse. Do any of you have any suggestions to quiet my stock shifter from rattling?
Our '62's shifter rattles like a PO'ed snake....One of the local Corvette guys suggested the trick of installing a second shift boot underneath the stock one, he said people use a 4-spd boot from a '63. For the life of me I don't understand how this is possible, as the pic of a '63 boot I have looks like it's 2x as big as the '62 unit, but hey, that's what he said.
back in my older corvette days we stopped the shfter buzz by installing a chrome plated brass shifter knob because the extra weight seem to do the trick.
Installing/replacing the shifter spring won't do it. There is an article (by Richard Viegas) in the Fall '88 Corvette Restorer magazine (obtainable when you buy a '58-'60 CD-ROM from NCRS for $40) that specifically addresses this issue. It involves a total disassembly of your shifter and placing (epoxying) some pieces of thin plastic against the interior surfaces where there is metal-to-metal contact.
Brad
1. Balance the driveshaft and yoke assembly. This will help a little at some speeds.
2. Fabricate a bracket to mount the shifter to the transmission crossmember as they did starting in 1966.
3. Throw a jacket over it.
Mike
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