Short Shifter for manuals

[douwboy]

Sorry mate cant wait till then the car is already pulled apart and i need it back together for sundays cruise.

 

[Akys]

Sorry mate cant wait till then the car is already pulled apart and i need it back together for sundays cruise.

why do you need longer bolts? Did you put the metal spacer thingy without removing the existing rubber ones?

 

[douwboy]

Yes I did I might take out the rubber things first and try that but the back ones are a pain to get to.

 

[Akys]

I took the whole assy out. needed to cut that section off too for mine.

 

[noony]

Mine arrived this week. Going to try fit today!

 

[Akys]

Good on ya.

refer to workshop manual 22-6. Helps you remove the bits.

 

[douwboy]

Shifter installed. God i love my dremel makes cutting plastic so much easier.

 

[AKKO]

^Agreed would have had to remove and refit the whole assembly multiple times otherwise...

After first install I couldnt select 1st or 2nd gear until I opened up that space all the way up to where the front most bolt goes on the drivers side of the assembly.

 

[AKKO]

refer to workshop manual 22-6. Helps you remove the bits.

As a novice the bits that took me the longest were as follows:
- finding the screw under the cup holders hah
- my shifter came mostly assembled so I found removing the positioning pins to adjust the height painful with the tools i had available.
- connecting the lower bush back into the selector cable, discovered I was being too gentle.

 

[noony]

Awesome. Thanks guys!

 

[Akys]

As a novice the bits that took me the longest were as follows:
- finding the screw under the cup holders hah
- my shifter came mostly assembled so I found removing the positioning pins to adjust the height painful with the tools i had available.
- connecting the lower bush back into the selector cable, discovered I was being too gentle.

+1 to the hidden screw under the cup holder. had a metal hook thingy so the second wasnt really a prob. I used the Original bush back so no prob with the third as well.

But, I did tighten the smallest nut used to secure the top part of the assy too tight and had cause some shifting issue when i first got it.

remember to grease it too. I forgotten the 1st time. lols

 

[noony]

I fitted mine today. But not on the shortest setting.
Will grab a dremel and swap it.
And...put those blue steel washers in...where do they go?

 

[unclepaulie]

Under the main housing

 

[douwboy]

Make sure you take the rubber grommets out the blue spacers
will fit better

 

[AKKO]

...get some better washers for the top from your hardware store also.

 

[chardo]

hey Paul,

I have a dremmel (that is what i used as well), would be happy to give you a hand but am interstate for a while. If you want a hand in the new year let me know, I would be more than happy to give you a hand.

 

[noony]

Sweet. Save me buying one!
Hit me up when your back in town!

 

[ConnerS]

Feels good ... I like it... just gonna try swap out these bushings on the other end of the shifter cables with these skateboard bearings i got off ebay per a clubvr-4 thread.. wondering if that'l take up the slop on the shifter.. also need to lubricate the ball with some grease.. didnt have any today.

Club VR-4 link:

http://www.clubvr4.com/forum/showthr...linkage-bushes

Has anyone else done this little mod with the skateboard bearings?
I'm not sure if I want the full short shifter just yet but it sounds like these bearings may just fix the annoying sloppy feel the gearbox has.

 

[unclepaulie]

i used torque solutions plastic bushes, not bearings

 

[Macca]

Has anyone else done this little mod with the skateboard bearings?
I'm not sure if I want the full short shifter just yet but it sounds like these bearings may just fix the annoying sloppy feel the gearbox has.

I have, in one anyway, I couldn't get a bearing to fit the other linkage, I'd probably get what Paul has in his if I were you but I don't think it will fix your problem. If you want better shifter feel then a short shifter would be your best bet.