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Given the "cutting shifter" posts and all that, I
felt I had to take some type of leap.
Take 1 stock shifter lever. And two chunks of metal, same thickness,
about 1.5" long each
(No, I don't measure... Did this all by eye... rulers are no fun..)
Chop that chunk about somewhere in the middle.
Weld the two plates to it about 1/2" or 5/8" longer or so... again,
no ruler..
Install that chunk o ugly weld into your 020 trans... and..
Yup, its a real short shifter folks. My shift throw went from 5.6" at
the top of the shifter, down to 4"...
Does not, and cannot "hit shift linkage" or "harm syncros..".. I have
a cut away trans if you don't think so...
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Thanks, they keep my hands pretty.
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i love hillbilly stuff.
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so how did you measure the shift throw?
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nice job it looks good
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| so how did you measure the shift throw? |
Well, I DID use a ruler for that.. well a dial caliper.
Measured in the car... at the top of the front of the shifter...
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today i just found out i had a sachs
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looks good, i would have done the same if i had a
decent welder and the confidence in my welds so i wasnt left stranded
somewhere. do you think it should be as square as possible though? i can
see problems with the gears not engaging properly because of this
maybe not i dont know for sure
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Naa.. dude, there is sooooo much room to play
with this design... If the lever is straight, its gonna work. I just
held it with vice grips when I welded it... 120V gasless mig deal.. All
this adjusts is the "front to back" throw, not side to side...
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| today i just found out i had a sachs
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i could have sold you my short shifter
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it wont work.
PX3 i went to h2o and all i got was a brokestatus cruise
sticker....
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you really should adjust it afterwards
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part of a Dorito.
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| Naa.. dude, there is sooooo much room to play with
this design... If the lever is straight, its gonna work. I just held
it with vice grips when I welded it... 120V gasless mig deal.. All
this adjusts is the "front to back" throw, not side to side... |
yeah thats true, i guess it doesnt have to be exact, either way it
looks good and you saved some cash. mass production and you could be
making millions
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Sorry for being the layman, but what is different
about it aside from being cut and welded..
What, in the design, reduces the throw.
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| today i just found out i had a sachs
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DIY stuff is the way to go, nice job
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I believe it is a leverage thing.A____^__B
2 ^ 1
A________ ^ __B
4 ^ 1
B is the shifter, A is the lever on the tranny.
It takes the first one twice the length to push the other side the same
distance. I think
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Dan knows what hes doing man
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seems like a good idea cuz other short shift
decrease the leverage and make it harder to shift while urs actually
makes it easier to shift. Youd think some company would have though of
that before.
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Shift linkage removal.first step remove
retaining pin for shift weight, move shift weight out of the way of
linkage.
second step remove ball joint. I used a thick flat tip screwdriver. i
put the blade under the ball joint and twisted. then i pulled up and the
piece came right off. make sure you unclip it first before prying.
finally use a 13 mm wrench to loosen the nut holding the lever on. then
sumply pull the lever off. mine came off easiest in the upright
position. 13mm nut can be seen in picture above.
here are the two linkages in side by side position.
From first glance it is a thick piece of metal, and seems like it will
be tough to bend. therefore i will be using a torch to heat it up. it
appears that the autotech is simply a cut and modified stock piece.
you will need to make the s bend in the piece right angles. bend the
first bend further until it is a 90.
in that picture i went slightly past 90, but it shouldnt make much of a
difference.
next bend another 90 until the part where the shift weight went into
is parallel with the b all joint.
it should look like this when its done.
make sure the shift weight hole part of the lever is straight, not wavy.
now drill your hole where you want it and put back in your bushing andd
youre ready to go. i do not have the drill bit big enough to drill the
hole so i wont be able to test it today. but as it is now it is stll
probally close to a 30-35%% reduction.
there ollie happy?
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good job man ... but those are some ugly ugly
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the method i shoed is one i did a while ago
modeled after the autotech short shift. the piece i modified was
originally a stock piece. modifying this piece reduces the up and down
throw. doing the piece dan did reduces up and down as well i believe,
but my method doesnt require welding for those who cant do it.
Modified by yeayeayea at 9:11 PM 2-27-2006
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I guess one of the mods should add this to the
DIY page for the complete DIY short shift thread.
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| good job man ... but those are some ugly ugly
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yep x2
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did these to my MK1 and worked well also, for
those of you with other gen cars.
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yep, mk1-2-3 shift linkage is very very similar.
mk3s have the shift weight, among other minor changes. but these mods
should work for all 3 makes.
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| The car is fine, it was too dark to get pix of the
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| i dont understand why this is "hillbilly"? just
because he didnt buy it from a company and made it himself and it
works? Duct tape and wooden truck beds are hillbilly |
maybe because in all of dans pictures he titled them the hillbilly
short shifter. calm down dude.
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lmao i didnt notice that lol my bad
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| The car is fine, it was too dark to get pix of the
owl. Actually I didn't even think of getting pics of the owl why
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| Quote, originally posted by reynolds9000 » |
| Sorry for being the layman, but what is different
about it aside from being cut and welded.. What, in the design,
reduces the throw. |
i wont apologize for this but...you are telling me after razing me about
not SEARCHING!!! (which i did btw) for a post about short shift vs. cut
shift that you couldnt find the answer to this by SEARCHING!?
...i laugh at you *******s that take your lame 5 seconds to type a
moronic post just to remind someone to SEARCH!!...well maybe they have
and just want to piss people off, or make people like you waste those oh
so 5 seconds of time to post a useless post...idiot.
Thank you for not ****ing me big time.
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wow.
anyway, the longer that rod is, the less degrees of rotation at the
pivot point are needed to make the dame displacement at the end of the
rod. this in turn requires less movement of the shift rod to get the
same displacement on this modified rod. the drawback is that the
resistance in shifting in the transmission is increased with the
lengthening of the rod. the longer rod allows the same force to apply a
stronger moment on the pivot point, which is transferred to the shifter.
but dont worry, its not much and is easily adapted to.
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| it wont work.
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Quiet you.
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maybe you could make a diagram showing how this
shortens throw
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