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Clara 
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 Posted: Wed May 14, 2025 8:23 am Post subject: Re: Quality of Brazilian Bus ? |
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Looking at a 75 Brazil Split Window with a lot of shifter play. It’s already in the US. I read posts on German loose shifters and first steps are to check all of the bushings , coupler, and locking plate. Are these early 60s shifter assemblies?
If this is the wrong forum let me know. Maybe it is specifically on quality. Thanks |
maybe you can post pics of the shifter parts of the bus.
There are also some threads that have pics, so maybe search for shifter threads and that can help.
The shifters function basically the same, but there are some differences in the actual parts when buying bushings.
I think the long shift rod bushings are the early plastic type, the kind a 61 uses. Not the kind a 65 uses.
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JeffL
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 12:01 pm Post subject: Re: Quality of Brazilian Bus ? |
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| Clara wrote: |
| JeffL wrote: |
Looking at a 75 Brazil Split Window with a lot of shifter play. It’s already in the US. I read posts on German loose shifters and first steps are to check all of the bushings , coupler, and locking plate. Are these early 60s shifter assemblies?
If this is the wrong forum let me know. Maybe it is specifically on quality. Thanks |
maybe you can post pics of the shifter parts of the bus.
There are also some threads that have pics, so maybe search for shifter threads and that can help.
The shifters function basically the same, but there are some differences in the actual parts when buying bushings.
I think the long shift rod bushings are the early plastic type, the kind a 61 uses. Not the kind a 65 uses. |
Thanks. It will be a few weeks until I will get it and will examine and post then.
The front of the shift rod certainly is of the 66 and later style with the centering pin. Not sure what’s above that but I bought a know 66 shifter just as a backup/comparison. Having the coupling at the rear of the first rod with two set screws it was has me thinking something is “custom”
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