spock345
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- Livermore, CA
I ran into an unforeseen problem when trying to swap the shifter covers on an M410.
Here is the setup on my M40.
Here is the M410, the ball and spring setup for the shifter detents are much farther forward.
Here is the comparison of the Amazon M40 and P1800 M410 covers. The M410's cover has reliefs for the springs and more meat in that area of the cover to accommodate this.
The problem arises when putting the Amazon cover on the M410, the springs are compressed far too much and the ball detents will not allow the selector rods to move. I don't think there is enough meat on the Amazon cover to drill reliefs into it. I guess the answer to the question, "does a longer M41/40 shifter cover fit an M410/400?", is a no.
Any ideas on how to make the Amazon cover work? Shorter springs? Drill whatever sort of hole I can? Just find an M41?
Here is the setup on my M40.
Here is the M410, the ball and spring setup for the shifter detents are much farther forward.
Here is the comparison of the Amazon M40 and P1800 M410 covers. The M410's cover has reliefs for the springs and more meat in that area of the cover to accommodate this.
The problem arises when putting the Amazon cover on the M410, the springs are compressed far too much and the ball detents will not allow the selector rods to move. I don't think there is enough meat on the Amazon cover to drill reliefs into it. I guess the answer to the question, "does a longer M41/40 shifter cover fit an M410/400?", is a no.
Any ideas on how to make the Amazon cover work? Shorter springs? Drill whatever sort of hole I can? Just find an M41?
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