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Originally Posted by Rick Parker
I read these threads from time to time regarding this subject and wonder how little tension the shifter, and sliding syncro hubs have on the newer style 5 & 6 spd transmissions such as T5, T56, etc. They all have internal shift rods, and shift smoother and easier but with the OEM Toploader or BW T10 with external shift rods and control box this it would take much more than the effort exerted by the rubber shift boot on the lever to kick it out of gear. It's really hard to comprehend how the shift boot could really be causing this??
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It really does happen--when I simply unscrewed the ERA shift boot from the transmission tunnel (and left it "floating" on the gear lever), the problem went away. Reinstalling the ERA shift boot brought the problem back. Replacing the ERA shift boot with the Sunbeam Tiger shift boot solved the problem completely--no more kicking out of gear in over 1000 miles with the new boot.
I move that ERA supply the Sunbeam Tiger shift boot from now on. Any seconds?