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Title: Cletrac F Detent Spring
Post by: dirtandgrease on March 28, 2010, 10:31:19 PM

Hi,

My dad and I are restoring an F and are looking for a shift lever detent spring. The part would be bent in a horseshoe shape and goes on a round cover that bolts on the side of the transmission. It keeps the shift lever in F, N, or R position.

Thanks,
Dan
Eagle Point, OR

Title: Re: Cletrac F Detent Spring
Post by: hotratz on March 29, 2010, 01:01:43 PM

You might call Zimmermans but not sure if he has much that goes that far back. Have you considered making one?

Title: Re: Cletrac F Detent Spring
Post by: dirtandgrease on March 30, 2010, 01:18:24 AM

Thanks for the reply.

We called Zimmermans when we first started looking a couple of years ago, and they didn't have one. I suppose we could call again.

If anyone knows someone that could make one, that would be great too. A friend of my dad's in Idaho tried to make one for us, but wasn't able to. I guess it's pretty tricky to heat treat a piece of spring steel properly and get all the right bends in it and still have it be strong.

Good luck with the OC-46, it looks nice. An OC-46 was my dad's first dozer and my brother in Massachusetts has it now.

Title: Re: Cletrac F Detent Spring
Post by: hotratz on March 30, 2010, 01:09:26 PM

Do you have a picture of this spring and some dimensions?

Title: Re: Cletrac F Detent Spring
Post by: dirtandgrease on March 30, 2010, 06:37:02 PM

I'll post a picture and dimensions tomorrow (Wednesday) morning.

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