Carmikey
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Yeah, nice wheels Rick, get a little tint & it will finish it off nicely.
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I have finally replaced the worn square bush on the gearbox with the round bearing and installed the gearstick lowering plate and short shift kit. Gearshift is now fantastic for a MR2, short and precise. Not exactly rifle bolt slick like the best gearboxes, but a huge improvement on what it was.
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Wanna gimme your old one, so I can make more? :P
Currently... '03 Spyder 6MT - T28 inc... ------------------------------ Previously... '00 FD3S '94 SW20 Bathurst R '88 AW11 '92 SW20 G-Limited '90 SW20 G '91 SW20 Mongrel '94 G Limited T-Bar '92 GT-S Turbo
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rikkir
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Big difference between old worn square bush and the new bearing....
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Hi Rick
Did you get that bush through two's R us?
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rikkir
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Senol organised it with his group buy.
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I have been looking at them, I might have to grab some myself.
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Hi Rick, Nik_Lee, EssDub,
I have one of the Shift Linkage Roller Bearings from the Senol buy, but I don't think that I will use it.
I am concerned that the hardened & curved outer race will wear the surfaces of the Shift Lever.
I reckon that the flat surfaces & soft material of the block is intended to be sacrificial.
I like EssDub's idea to make replacements. Do we know what the material is ? Maybe something like Phosphor Bronze or another plain bearing material would be suitable.
Nik_Lee, if you want to try my bearing, I will send it over at no cost. PM an address.
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rikkir
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I'm really happy with the way it fits and operates, i think there will be less wear as it is a bearing that rotates rather than sliding against the lever. The square bush might be sacrificial, but it does still wear the lever a bit from my observation when i replaced mine.
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Carmikey
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Peter, any chance u could send me the bearing specs? I would like to see if i could get one from my local bearing shop.
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Hi Carmikey,
It was my intention to try to identify it as well. It does appear to be a fairly ordinary looking needle roller bearing.
I'll take some measurements & see what I can find.
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Hi All,
Have measured Bearing & have downloaded NSK Needle Roller Bearing Book.
The bearing is almost certainly an FJ-1010 as shown on the pic Bearing 2.
It is interesting that the bearing from the group buy appears to have numbers ground off. (pic Bearing 1).
When I had another close look at Rick's pic, on which I thought I may be able to read Bearing No, I reckon that it is also ground down on that one as well.
I'll go to my local CBC Bearing Shop at lunch time & see if I can buy an FJ-1010.
Hey Rick, sorry to hijack your ShowRoom with this.
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No problems about hijacking the thread lol.
Any discussion that might help other owners save money is always welcome.
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Nik_Lee
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Peter
Hi All,
Have measured Bearing & have downloaded NSK Needle Roller Bearing Book.
The bearing is almost certainly an FJ-1010 as shown on the pic Bearing 2.
It is interesting that the bearing from the group buy appears to have numbers ground off. (pic Bearing 1).
When I had another close look at Rick's pic, on which I thought I may be able to read Bearing No, I reckon that it is also ground down on that one as well.
I'll go to my local CBC Bearing Shop at lunch time & see if I can buy an FJ-1010.
Hey Rick, sorry to hijack your ShowRoom with this.
If that turns out to be the righ bearing I shall be heading to my local bearing shop to get one. Thanks for doing the homework on that one Peter.
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Carmikey
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I just picked mine up for my local cbc bearing shop. $14.
As Nick said, thanks for the research Pete.
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