The gripper shaft is a rubber, leather, or textured metal part between the point and the fletching{ feathers or plastic fins], on the body of the dart.
the shaft
why what is wrong with it
Often times it's just the belt that has snapped. Check under the unit for the long belt that runs from the engine back to the trans. Give it a tug. If it comes out in your hand, you've got your answer.
You REPLACE the WHOLE THING! Shaft, box and all!
i replaced the panel above rearview that has the roof switches and inside lights. it snapped out n snapped in! got the panel from a u pull it junkyard 12.00$
You can buy a remanufactured half shaft for less than it would cost to try to fix the old one.
it would have to fix about 3.9 gallons of gasoline to get a 18 wheeler truck
Blockbuster have a machine that will fix any scratched disc for £2, no matter how scratched, but it cannot be repaired if the disk is shattered or snapped and will have to be replaced.
Well when that happened to me i had snapped the shaft and also buckled the tyre... so check those out.
If the belt has snapped with the engine running the valves in the cylinderhead will be bent, you will have to remove the head to fix it anyway.
We reglued her head on once, worked fine until it snapped off again. Terrible design.