Coating on shift forks

[cegusman]

Pulled the cover to my sm465 last night. On the 1 -2 gear and 3-4 gear shift forks the coating is worn off. Is there anyway to recoat them? Really dont want to spend $120 for new forks and have to wait for them to show up. Was planing on getting my doubler installed in my truck this weeked.

 

[dyeager535]

Don't think so.

I've not the time to investigate more fully, but the later style (like 208's and 241's use) clip on pads for shift forks would be a worthwhile upgrade if you ask me...$120 would probably pay for any machining necessary, if you could find pads that would fit.

 

[cegusman]

Thats what I thought. I found some replacements for $31 and $33 for the other but they are out of town and really need them today. Guess I will just install everything this weekend and pull the cover through the removable trans tunnel in the future to replace them.

 

[nchinca]

How bad are the forks? If they are not gouged, then I would run them for a while. Coating helps to protect it, but it is not critical to the forks function.

 

[cegusman]

How bad are the forks? If they are not gouged, then I would run them for a while. Coating helps to protect it, but it is not critical to the forks function.

There not bad, looks like it had just wore off.