short shift?

subelover · Post by **subelover** » Tue May 16, 2006 4:36 pm

hi all , mite b a bit gay on an l series but has any heard of a short shifter? made 1? dont want to chop the stick either. point me in the right direction. cheers ben

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Tue May 16, 2006 4:48 pm

You grind the pivot bracket off and relocate it about 5- 10mm higher and it dramatically shortens the throw.

LTurbo · Post by **LTurbo** » Tue May 16, 2006 11:38 pm

Suby Wan Kenobi wrote:You grind the pivot bracket off and relocate it about 5- 10mm higher and it dramatically shortens the throw.

Could you explain this a little more if possible? Like when you say move it higher, put a spacer in etc?
Also any tricks to minimise the sloppiness in the shift?

Thomas

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Wed May 17, 2006 11:34 am

Replacing the gear linkage bushes will help stop your slop.

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Wed May 17, 2006 3:37 pm

If you unbolt the shift lever you will see a bracket that the shift linlage joins to, there a 2 welds that hold it in position if you mark out where the hole is then make a mark about 5 mm higher so when you reweld the braket the hole will sit 5mm higher, you dont want to make position the bracket to high or it will foul on the transmission tunnel.

LTurbo · Post by **LTurbo** » Wed May 17, 2006 4:39 pm

Suby Wan Kenobi wrote:If you unbolt the shift lever you will see a bracket that the shift linlage joins to, there a 2 welds that hold it in position if you mark out where the hole is then make a mark about 5 mm higher so when you reweld the braket the hole will sit 5mm higher, you dont want to make position the bracket to high or it will foul on the transmission tunnel.

Thanks for that kenobi