FOM shift levers...How were they made??

[Jeff T.]

FOM shift levers on the transmission itself, the the 1541011 and the 1543775 for every FOM and the Powershift... I figure that the section of the part that was physically in the transmission was turned steel but the lever part of the part. Was it plate that was a press fit on the turned shaft, was it welded to the shaft or ????

Wondering for project...

Jeff T.

[gordr]

Boy, Jeff, you asked this question at precisely the wrong time! Less than an hour ago, I had the pan off a Flightomatic to check on it's condition. A fellow wanted a used one for a project, so I grabbed an random parts transmission, and we had the pan off to check it. No sludge, just a thin film of black dust in the remaining oil, which is perfectly normal. But I could have looked then.

The outside levers I think are furnace-brazed onto the shafts, and the inner components attached by nuts on threaded ends of the shafts.