Thread: Lokar Shifter Issues

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Thanks Shine,
I had a chat with the tech guy at the Gennie site and he was pretty defensive saying there is nothing wrong with the Gennie design on two accounts:
1. He has had no problem with a Gennie shifter on a '32 roadster for over 120,000 miles.
2. Gennie is not Lokar!

However, I wanted to talk him into offering a flat "cup" to hold grease under the hardened steel gate plate but he was not interested even though that would just be a small accessory addition. The gate plate is curved to match the swing of the nose of the shifter so there is a natural dip in the plate that could pool some lubricant but some sort of cup is needed to keep the grease from running out through the slide slot. I have tried to cut out a "cup" from thin aluminum sheeting but it is not easy to fit in such a way that the grease will not just run out when hot. The only thing I learned, except for their unwillingness to offer an improvement, was that the detent spring-load can be adjusted from the jam nut on the right side. It would seem if the detent is set very tight that could increase wear on the nose of the shift handle tip but if the detent is too loose there is a chance of the position to slip; a clear tradeoff requiring some care in setting the tension.

Don, I was very sorry to learn that Meagen had a serious crash that may have been caused by a problem with a Lokar shifter. She was a delight on this Forum so I wish her well. If you have an address on the HAMB writeup I would like to read what happened first hand.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder