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5.
Lift the assembly to gain occess to the pivot bolt, unscrew the bolt and lift
out the lever assembly.
6.
Remove bolt (item 13, fig.2) on the left
-
hand side of the engine and the
bolt (item
9,
fig.2) in the rear of the chossis box member. Withdraw the
forward tube, lever arm and the intermediate tube as an assembly. Further
dismantling con be carried out on the bench.
7.
Remove the rear tube by unscrewing the bolt and nut securing the tube to
the gearbox lever arm.
8.
Remove the nut and shakeproof washer securing the bowden cable at the
gearshift lever end of the cable. Note distance the outer cable protrudes
into the chassis recess, for cable replacement.
P.
Remove the clevis pin securing the bowden cable rod end to the cross gate
lever
on
the gearbox.
10.
Remove the nuts securing the cable to the bell housing. Attach to the gear-
shift end of the bowden cable a wire 'pull
-
through' and pull out the cable
from the gearbox end. Difficulty may be experienced when pulling the nut
and washer through the grommet in the chassis, it
is
advised to remove the
grommet at the same time.
To Replace
1.
Reverse the. removal procedure, but before fitting the adjustable front tube
*'
see 'Adjustments'.
2.
Before pulling through a new bowden coble ensure the shakeproof washer
is
fitted and the adjusting nut
is
in approximately the same position as the old
cable, as once the cable
is
fitted it
is
not possible to make adjustments.
A
shakeproof washer must be fitted to the outerlocking nut.
Adjustments
1.
Adjust the front tube for a measurement of20.7/8 inches
(530
mm) between
the front edge of the odiusting nut and the centre line of the forward pivot
hole. When correctly
adiusted, approximately five threads of the odiusting
screw will be exposed. Before finally locking the nut,, ensure the pivot
holes ore
align+.
2.
Adiust the rear tube with all other tubes in ploce and the gearshift lever in
neutrol.
Attoch the adiustable link end of the rear tube ond with the gear

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