Shift lerver

[Stoegs]

Can a shift lever on a WD be heated and bent or will it weaken the metal. To short to reach the lever

 

[Brian G. NY]

It couild be done and the strength of the lever would not diminish enough to be a problem.
However, the bend would result in excessive lateral pressure at the single pivot ball pin and it would probably wear out in short order.
The late WDs and the WD-45s with the curved levers had two pivot pins to compensate for this.
If you are determined, you could machine a second slot in the pivot ball and drill a hole in the shift tower for a second pin.
Not a terribly difficult task.

 

[cleddy]

We had a WD and my Dad put a better seat on it which made the shift hard to reach and a lot of times got pulled up & lost track of what gear it was in-Had to remember & try to get back to neutral to get shift lever back in. My Dad welded a extension on where we actually pulled down to shift. I think he even put a spring on it to keep it in place. Lots easier to shift when its where it is handy??

 

[Stoegs]

Can you machine the wd45 curved handle to work in the Wd?

 

[Brian G. NY]

Can you machine the wd45 curved handle to work in the Wd?

I don't know whether or not they are at all alike........if you have a WD-45 lever handy, you could make a close comparison of the two.

 

[Aaron SEIA]

You can easily heat and bend it. There have been a lot of them done. Not going to weaken it at all.
AaronSEIA

 

[Brian G. NY]

You can easily heat and bend it. There have been a lot of them done. Not going to weaken it at all.
AaronSEIA

And....this is what I said:

It couild be done and the strength of the lever would not diminish enough to be a problem.
However, the bend would result in excessive lateral pressure at the single pivot ball pin and it would probably wear out in short order.
The late WDs and the WD-45s with the curved levers had two pivot pins to compensate for this.
If you are determined, you could machine a second slot in the pivot ball and drill a hole in the shift tower for a second pin.
Not a terribly difficult task.