So you shortened the original arm, redrilled and added a bung for support?
Nicely done.
At one time I had a shifter box with the upper arm bent in a soft Z shape to fit an Offy manifold. It's shape didn't effect
the shifting rod motion at all.
Found an old pic showing the bend.

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Last edited by DrewP; 08/01/2013 8:59 AM.

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