DIY: Short Shifter

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DIY: Short Shifter

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Watch this space kids! :)

I refuse to pay $200-$300 for something that is little more that a small steel modification & an ally riser plate, so Im making my own.

See as per the pic, the 2 ends of a standard shifter are just pressed into the centre ball, my plan is to pull the lower section out by 8-10 mm, then copy the C's alloy plate that goes under the assembly in my car :)

If I can't pull the lower section out by that much (and I may need to throw a couple of tacs of weld in to make sure it stays there) then I'll pull it all the way out & make a replacement part. Machine it up on the lathe, just 10mm longer - so we go from a 58.50mm shaft, to a 68.50mm shaft length.

That's all a short shifter is folks! A change in the pivot point ;)
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You can see the ally plate in this pic. I just need to replicate it.

Also note the longer lower section of the shifter ;)
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Just found out my short shifter doesnt have an alloy plate?
Could that be the reason why reverse is so hard sometimes and its real notchy?

Could i just space it with washers? would be a lot easier than replicating the plate.
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Any pics of finalized result ben?
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For those of you not on Facebook, I finally got off my ass & bought a mig welder for little things like this. Finally welded her up :)

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Weld tidied up.

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And yep, going with steel spacer washers for the plate. These actually come as part of a Fujitsu server racking kit & they're never used, so I pinched dozens of them :cheerscunts: :cheers:

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Look awesome.
Is there anything you dont know how to do? :lol:
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Akys wrote:Look awesome.
Is there anything you dont know how to do? :lol:
I think Bennoz should install wings on his car and make it a REAL rocket :D
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Thanks fujitsu !!
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