Is there a way to drill a hole in a hardened steel shift lever? In the picture you can see the lever on the right has a second hole closer to the pivot point to allow for "short stroke" shifter operation. If I am right, a normal drill bit would maybe scratch the surface of the left lever if I try to drill a hole in it to make it match the right side lever.
I've tried other levers in the past and yes they were hardened. I haven't actually tried this one. Maybe I'll give it a shot but I'm quite sure by looking at it that it is. Those short throw levers also came on the full size Canadian Pontiacs like mine. I'm actually surprised that these levers aren't set up for short throw because they are the right ones for my car. This is the first set for a full size 65 to 67 Canadian Pontiac or Impala that I've ever seen that didn't have the two sets of holes.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Coming from the factory, they would be set at the "long" throw". I know for a fact that very few Corvette owners knew they could shorten the throw. They built a lot MORE Vettes with this option than Can Pont/Chevs, a lot more.
So it would be the tranny specialist or the drag racer that would know about the option....My.02 cents
Coming from the factory, they would be set at the "long" throw". I know for a fact that very few Corvette owners knew they could shorten the throw. They built a lot MORE Vettes with this option than Can Pont/Chevs, a lot more.
So it would be the tranny specialist or the drag racer that would know about the option....My.02 cents
Interesting you say that. I guess I was just taught very early in my car days that you always used the hole closest to the pivot when you had a 4 speed! I'd never really thought about guys not knowing about it.
I always got a kick out of this section in the 66 full size Pontiac owners manual because-
1) How many factory 4 speed full size 66 Pontiacs were produced? Not many, that's for sure.
2) How many guys who bought a 4 speed full size Pontiac aren't car guys??!! Not like it's very hard for them to crawl under the car and move the rod down 1/2" to the next hole in the lever! Hardly need a Pontiac dealer to do it, like the owners manual says!