Ebay Short Shifter A Bit Sticky

[skiwhine]

jus threw in el cheapo ebay special short shifter, and it doesnt return to neutral from the space between 1st-2nd gear, does it jus need to wear in? any 1 have similar issue?

[QWK32]

which way up do you have the half moon clamps? so the nuts welded on them is facing up or down. they need to be facing up, if they aren't it will clamp down on the shifter and stop it moving.

[skiwhine]

nuts are facing up, and i left that large spring washer in tho, should i pull it out?

[QWK32]

i left mine spring washer in. the shifter is abit tighter than the stock one but not by much. can you grab the square plate and turn it by hand? is it abit loose?

[skiwhine]

yea was a little tight loosened it no diff, also tried removing the spring washer no diff, only thing i can see it being is that the white little bit on the end is really tight so im hoping it will wear in... and by the way, the white thing on the end of the shiter is $11.50 from nissan not $4 like some ppl were saying....

Edited November 1, 2007 by skiwhine

[Pal]

i put a ebay shifter in too. had to make up a spacer so it didnt clamp down on the pivot ball to much making it stick, also welded in top half of original shifter to stop noise coming up. have got a basic drawing of what i done but wont let me put it on here. if interested pm me!

Edited November 4, 2007 by Pal

[OnAhigh]

The little washers cost me $5 from nissan

[skiwhine]

what washer?

n recap, have driven it a bit and it seems to have worn in when slappin 3rd i jus make sure i shift in a diagnal fashon to be safe

short shifter rocks 2 btw, stand shifter i wouldnt use on a $50 go-kart

[rsp3ctd]

Old post revived i know but i put one of these shifters in an found the square clamp to be to tight so i used the new bush which tucks in over the ball of the shifter an the original two C clips that were on the standard shifter instead of the metal bracket an seems to work a treat. Not to tight but not to loose either an much shorter throw. Only thing is now i can hear the whinge of the gearbox as the syncros are under more load. I dont abuse the hell out of my gearbox so how long roughly will it last??? Thinking of even going back to the original shifter just to quieten it down...

[Lil_Bobby_260]

have driven a 33gtst that had a short shifter - made the same noise. i asked about it - was my neighbours dads car - and he said it was on the car when he bought it 8,000km ago. no dramas. just noisy. Didnt know what it was making the noise tho!

[Gtrgodzilla67]

Syncrhros take a beating with short shifters i know this first hand .. i dont reccomend them but fark i love them to LOL

[Pal]

Old post revived i know but i put one of these shifters in an found the square clamp to be to tight so i used the new bush which tucks in over the ball of the shifter an the original two C clips that were on the standard shifter instead of the metal bracket an seems to work a treat. Not to tight but not to loose either an much shorter throw. Only thing is now i can hear the whinge of the gearbox as the syncros are under more load. I dont abuse the hell out of my gearbox so how long roughly will it last??? Thinking of even going back to the original shifter just to quieten it down...

you don't get a rubber bush on short shifters so all the noise from the g/box get transfered straight up the shifter. i cut my stock shifter below the rubber bush, done the same place on the short shifter and welded the stock shifter onto the short shifter bottom, walla, no more noise and feels even better

(make sure you get someone who can weld to do it,i got my mate who's a pressure welder to do mine)

[lunjiaow]

you don't get a rubber bush on short shifters so all the noise from the g/box get transfered straight up the shifter. i cut my stock shifter below the rubber bush, done the same place on the short shifter and welded the stock shifter onto the short shifter bottom, walla, no more noise and feels even better

(make sure you get someone who can weld to do it,i got my mate who's a pressure welder to do mine)

That is such a good idea. I hate the sound of the gearbox through the shifter, also the heat transfers through it making the gearknob and gearstick surround going hot as.

[stricnynel0s]

i had trouble with the lil plastic bushing being too small, so i bought the metal one from cusco and i will see how it goes, i got a real leather nismo (fismo) boot also with red stitching to match my car