short shifter
 

after installing and using my short shifter
(from shark racing santa was good to me this year) it always felt very stiff almost like shifting thru sand. so i reinstalled a stock shifter-got that for free from the same auto recycler that i got my leather seats from.
i went to work on the short shifter
first the two short tubes of the lower arm were not straight or parallel straightened them.
second-removing all the metal burrs from all the punched holes.
third- the nut that is molded into the plastic shifter base wasnt flush with the
surrounding plastic-5 minutes with a wood
chisel paring away the plastic flush with
the steel nut
fourth- got rid of all the plastic bushings and replaced them with oillite bushings
even made a new round brass bushing that fits into the lower arm- use lapping compound so that there is no play there.
fifth- made a bracket that fit under and around the plastic shifter housing
to support the assembly (with cutting a hole in the housing to make room for the longer arm of the short shifter there was some
"flexing of the housing)
i guess what i did was to "blueprint" the whole assembly. use plenty of grease
i reinstalled the whole assembly yesterday
and lo and behold it now shifts like a dream . all traces of "stiffness and
gritty shifting" are a thing of the past

That's pretty neat. did it cost you anything?

Nice! :D
Do you want to do mine as well? :cool:

Z?

the only thing it cost me was buying
a 25/64 dia reamer (.390) ($15.00)
but now i have the tool!!
the rest of the stuff came from where i work.
i work for a machinery manufacturing co.
couple of hours in the shop-lunch time and stay late after work was all it took.
as far as doing it for anyone else-
i would need to have your shifter assembly for a couple of days-the complete assembly-
plastic base and all other parts-dont need the shift knob.
also if you wanted a brass bushing for the lower lever and if you wanted postiive stops
instead of the silly rubber ones.
i already have a stock shifter assembly
completed with the brass bushings(i need something while i was modifing the
short shifter assembly). this moves so sweet
finger tips it all it takes. but the throw is as a stock unit.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>Originally posted by dds designs:
but the throw is as a stock unit.</div>

If I'm understanding this correctly, then the throw is not reduced with the short shifter. And if the throw is not reduced, then what is the point of having a short shifter? I'm confused :confused: wink.gif

i have two shifter assemblies!
the one in my car now has the short shifter
it reduces the throw as it was designed for.
i replaced all the white plastic bushings
with oillite or brass bushings.
the second shifter assembly has a stock shifter assembly on it. the throw is the same as stock but i did replace all the white plastic bushings with the same
oillite and brass bushings.
both assemblies have the adjustable postiive
stops on them.
hope this clears things up