Ok, here is the problem, this hole originally contained a spring (the yellow arrow) to keep pressure in the gate away from the reverse gate (pic from before the shifter clean up 
). My informal poll found that probably 90% + have fallen out so much so that almost no one knew it was supposed to be there. Even the folks that rebuild the Inland shifters do not replace missing ones.
So, with time to kill during my restoration and after trying to find just the right spring, but facing $40 minimum orders at most of the spring houses on the net, I took a tip and tried McMaster-Carr. no minimum order, just shipping. However, the selection was minimal at best. Limited to 0.5 OD springs when I wanted 0.56 to 0.58 to snug it in the spring pocket, so I bought a package of the two lengths available, 1.25 and 1.50 next day shipping was great. Here is what it looks like assembled after some fitting.
I trimmed the 1.25 spring down by a coil and half, which fits the angle of the spring pocket better and is less stiff. Once that is done and the A833 rebuilt I will fine tune the spring with the shift handle attached.
I am still planning to use the hack a member suggested of installing a set screw on the left side that will retain the spring. I am awaiting a carbide drill bit but will probably have to have a machinist friend drill and tap it for me as the shifter has been seriously hardened.
). My informal poll found that probably 90% + have fallen out so much so that almost no one knew it was supposed to be there. Even the folks that rebuild the Inland shifters do not replace missing ones.So, with time to kill during my restoration and after trying to find just the right spring, but facing $40 minimum orders at most of the spring houses on the net, I took a tip and tried McMaster-Carr. no minimum order, just shipping. However, the selection was minimal at best. Limited to 0.5 OD springs when I wanted 0.56 to 0.58 to snug it in the spring pocket, so I bought a package of the two lengths available, 1.25 and 1.50 next day shipping was great. Here is what it looks like assembled after some fitting.
I trimmed the 1.25 spring down by a coil and half, which fits the angle of the spring pocket better and is less stiff. Once that is done and the A833 rebuilt I will fine tune the spring with the shift handle attached.
I am still planning to use the hack a member suggested of installing a set screw on the left side that will retain the spring. I am awaiting a carbide drill bit but will probably have to have a machinist friend drill and tap it for me as the shifter has been seriously hardened.
