Is this part of any help here, if so let me know.

I've now found a better image. For a late model Morris Cooper S (2/YDO6) with four speed synchromesh there is no spring at the bottom nylon bush, but there is a spring at the top split nylon flange. For earlier models, there is no top spring, but a smaller dia spring at the bottom thrust button. Looks like someone has added a spring in Bill's car. Regards Tony

A bit like my other 52year old car....

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1970 Mk2 Cooper S under restoration

Ok. I have spemt the last hour & half getting way to intimate with remote shifters. I have 2 here, neither has any side to side play at all and both have slight freeplay forward and back. One has slightly more freeplay than the other but this was the one I last used and was very positive gear changes. The freeplay is about 10mm back and forth.







All the freeplay seems to be coming from the actual rod setup rather than anything on the lever assembly.
Things of note are one of the springs is deformed, squashed and is 5 mm shorter than the other but seems to make no difference and was on the shifter with less freeplay. The good spring is 20mm uncompressed.
One of the nylon cups on the small ball end has slightly more wear than the other.
Changing levers over in the housings, the housing with less freeplay stayed as it was so the levers do not impact on this.
As I said the shifter/housing with slightly more freeplay was the last I used and remeber being positive. It was also a freshly rebuilt box for what that is worth. There is no small spring on either I have here and the nylon cup has a lip at the bottom so any spring would not pass through it anyway.
Hope you find this helpful or useful.

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Cheers Dave.

Nice one. My remote give a nice buzz when i step off the accelerator, say on a down hill engine brake. Replaced the anti rattle, so probably wear in the remote shaft - will give this a go in the mean time.

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1966 Mini Deluxe - “Gabby” 34 years under restoration and counting...
1970 MGBGT
1959 MGA

I just had a look at my selection of remote shifters. I have one cup similar to yours Bill, but no spring - but you can see where it fits. The new cups, one of which is also on my KAD short shift lever are shorter and as others have said, conical at the end.

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1970 Mk2 Cooper S under restoration

Thanks Dave, for your efforts. That gear lever is exactly the same as mine but no spring. Same flat, 2mm plate on top (not a pressed metal dish), the thick distance piece and nylon bush.
I'm off to check the mini K setup.

In case it helps these are the two types as shown in the Mini parts book PUB1011.

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43

Have you checked to see which nylon cup actually fits snuggly in the hole because if you have the smaller cup in the larger hole it would give you a heap of freeplay

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Cheers Dave.

It would be nice if the original dust cap for the top of the remote could be remanufactured.

Just to finish this topic, mostly it has been sorted.

My mini K has the Australian anti rattle bush the same as the Mk2 S but without a spring - it looks like someone has added the spring, perhaps because some earlier versions of the remote gear levers used extra springs and they thought it would help in this situation too.

I removed the spring from the bush and put the gear lever back into place - all seems to be working with better feel than before.

Thanks to all who offered suggestions and photos to help me.

Great news. Its hard to see how the smaller spring could give extra freeplay , I suppose it may have been stopping the ball from engaging in the cup correctly.

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Cheers Dave.

I think the extra spring extending from the nylon bush made the end of the gear lever longer and was dragging across the bottom of the socket in the remote. It felt like you had to push the gear lever further than it needed to travel to get into the gear you wanted. Now the lever moves with less effort.

I believe that the little spring under the nylon cup was used in the 997 and maybe 998 Cooper, which did not have the big spring and oval spacer above the split bush but an O ring and machined plate there instead.
Source- I fitted a 997 remote to my '61 850 back in 1965.
Yes it's a long time ago.. and I'm getting on...

Edited for clarity

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Slightly off topic. There appear to be 2 types of gear stick retainers 22G290 ?. One is cup shaped and the other is flat. My question is, when did they change and in which models?