homemade side to side short shifter upgrade

[mort1414 0]

just another question this piece marked here

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is it part of the original mech

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cheers mort

[davidwort 0]

think it's the cable connector from an early style shift tower

[steveo29 0]

yeah its off a earlier shift tower i had laying around

 

if you cant find one , id use a stainless m6 bolt the cable fits onto a 6mm shaft thats about 10-11mm long , so if you chose to do it that way use m6 nuts instead and a couple of lock nuts

[steveo29 0]

cheers for that started making 2 2day will let everyone no how i get on

 

did you make one yet? hows it going

[mort1414 0]

yh made a few not quite as pretty as yours but im not very good with my stick welder might have to borrow a mates welder, got hold of some m12 bolts just cant get hold of the part of the early shift tower so might have to make some more with m6 nuts.

[steveo29 0]

hah my welding wasnt very pretty mate

 

just built it up and grinded it smooth ..then a smear of filler

 

just use the shank of a 6mm bolt as the cable pivot then , with a locknut to make sure its not gona fall off

 

glad to hear your having a go anyway...everyone winges that theyre naff yet wont make a effort to try and improve it

[mort1414 0]

finished mine on wednesday so glad i did as the plastic part was on its last legs havnt really had chance to drive as having battery problems

cheers for the right up stevo i ended up using a m6 cap head with a 10mm shaft and then a lock nut

 

mort

[steveo29 0]

glad to hear you sussed it out..keep up updated on how you like it

[poll250 0]

Be really interested to see how this turns out Mort. If you have any spare I'd take one off your hands as this is the state of my shift at the moment:

[steveo29 0]

poll...have you seen the verdict motorsports solid bushes ? they help alot for $20

[poll250 0]

poll...have you seen the verdict motorsports solid bushes ? they help alot for $20

 

Yeah I looked at them, might ge a set but my problem seems to be the play in the top part of the shifter mechanism itself.

[steveo29 0]

yeah to be fair theres slop everywhere in them

 

those bushes are a great help ..as it the part i made

[steveo29 0]

a few of you mentioned the metal to metal contact on the pivot

 

ive found this place does bushes for a few quid , i plan to drill the tower and fit a couple of those , should be a tad less play too

 

edit forgot the link lol

 

http://www.bearingboys.co.uk/?catid=163 ... tt3=&att4=