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Quaife gear lever problems
Dave Bailey - 28/10/12 at 12:56 PM

Hi all,
Doing a few jobs on the car and to improve the gear change I thought a nice quaife lever on eBay would do the trick. Nothing is ever straight forward and the lever does not fit. I have a Westfield type 9 gear lever extension plate but I expected the quaife one to fit straight in. Anyone had similar issues fitting a rose jointed lever.


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slingshot2000 - 28/10/12 at 01:04 PM

Hi.
Quite a few years ago I fitted a Quaif quick shift to a type 9 i had in a MK2 Escort. I had all sort of grief getting it to work and ended up having to pack it up with washers to get a satisfactory result.

Regards
Jon

Dave Bailey - 28/10/12 at 01:07 PM

You can see from the picture that the collar is too big to go through the hole in the extension plate.....

rusty nuts - 28/10/12 at 01:23 PM

Have a look at David Jenkins website, it shows how to make a standard Sierra gearlever into a quickshift for pennies. Sorry can't help with the Quaife item but have used a home made item

jeffw - 28/10/12 at 03:23 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Dave Bailey
You can see from the picture that the collar is too big to go through the hole in the extension plate.....


And the reason is that it is designed to fit the box, not the extension plate. I have one on my BGH type 9 which works a treat but I don't have an extension.

Dave Bailey - 28/10/12 at 04:19 PM

Ok thanks... I will have to make a few measurements and get it machined I guess....

Dave b

striker-4age - 28/10/12 at 05:13 PM

or flog it to me

Dave Bailey - 28/10/12 at 05:30 PM

Sorry going to make it fit!

striker-4age - 28/10/12 at 05:48 PM

got to try

Dave Bailey - 28/10/12 at 06:01 PM

Let me ruin it first then I'll let you have it :-)