Re: [ihc] A questions about shifter sticks

[DennisMillward <dentropy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Howdy, my T34 stick has no welds on it, just big bends.
Dennis Millward
63 C1200

>Thanks to everyone here who has been helping me with questions! I am 
>still puzzled by the shift stick on this T34 I have. Did these and 
>other IH manuals have the sticks welded on a stub at the base from the 
>factory?  In other words, did the trannys simply roll off the assembly 
>line with a short stub sticking out of the top, then IH added whatever 
>stick was made (ie bent right) for the application that the tranny was 
>going in and simply welded it to the stub shaft? I have a hard time 
>swallowing that mine has been broken and repaired that far down  on 
the >stick. Plus the stick and what I see as a stub are not exactly the 
same >size. Any ideas?

>Rocky