Taking out the counterweight from the manual gearbox

ID: 161348

Description: The gearbox's counterweight cushions its...

Steps:

1. A poorly affixed counterweight can cause a scare. The noises sound like a dead hydraulic valve with failing delivery, and are in time with the motor.
2. The clicking of metal can sound like the clicking of the flow rate totalizer.
3. Don't forget that you made this modification if/when the fastening of the counterweight fails or jumps.
4. Uncouple the bar that joins the counterweight to the command box from both sides of the box.
5. Keep this bar carefully and don't damage it so that you can reconnect it later if the new configuration of the box doesn't work.
6. On reinstallation, grease the joints of the counterweight.

7. Block off the counterweight firmly with user's method of choice.
8. It's possible to put old socks on the counterweight to limit the consequences of it shifting in the future.
9. A neglected counterweight-space will shift at some point because of the vibrations of the motor.