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MG MGA - Bent gear stick

A quick question folks:- I'm about to send my gear stick off for re-chroming but when perusing Clausager one night the few pictures of the gear stick shown there seem to indicate that it is perfectly straight whereas mine has a bend towards the driver(RHS). Has mine had a bang in it's life? I can't believe it has been bent otherwise the plating would be cracked? Cheers Mike
m.j. moore

Mike

Just had a look at mine on the garage floor (currently using a 5-speed box). It's perfectly straight.

Steve
Steve Gyles

Hi Mike. My gear change lever is also dead straight. Cheers! Glenn
Glenn

Mine's straight, Everard's is slightly bent. Oh you are aweful !!!
Gert Bigun

It seems most bent shifter are usually a different trans in the car such as a MGB. The shifter on a MGA should be straight.
JEFF BECKER

Thanks for your comments - I was thinking last night it might be an MGB gear lever* and was wondering also whether it's an MGB box I've got. Does anyone know the numbering system for the gearboxes? Clausager says they have a letter prefix followed by four digits. Mine is numbered M18507. The input shaft has 10 splines and the case has the high starter position so this stacks up with a Mk1. So perhaps the previous owner changed the stick for a less rusty one? Unless there was a change in the lever for the later cars? Glenn,Steve,Gert,Jeff: Are your cars all pre July 1960? If so is there anyone out there with a later car than mine with a bent lever? Thanks Mike

* PS I'll ask on the MGB site
m.j. moore

If it's an early MGB box it could be either bent or straight dependant on whether it was overdrive or non overdrive. Four synchro cars had straight sticks.
Iain MacKintosh

My 62 MK11 GHNL2 102154 and 60 GHNL 90954 both are straight.
R J Brown

Hi MJ.Mine is a 56 MGA 1500. Glenn
Glenn

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