ebay short shifty

93SOHC · Post by **93SOHC** » April 19th, 2005, 3:01 pm

Got one of these puppys for x-mas and finally put it on. The install was quite easy except for the fact that it did not have bushings. The shifter is the one with the chrome ball knob that comes w/ the shift bearing pre installed. I attempted to use the old bushing, because i'm stupid and didn't order the srd bushing kit. I, of corse was not able to get the old rusted bushing out, as stated by tons of people on these forums. End result: The shifter is more wobly than before, but the throw is beautiful, very short. For the money spent, sans the bushing part, a great mod for the $ It is in and running, but will be removed again to make room for the srd bushings I just ordered. Another side note on the instal is that I had to slightly shorten the retaining spring because the new bearing was a bit taller than the stock plastic crap and didnot have enough room to fit. Minus messing w/ the bushing, the install took about 30 min.

mazdubber · Post by **mazdubber** » April 19th, 2005, 4:04 pm

Yeah, I finally got around to installing my TWM SS yesterday. Well worth the money IMHO. It reduced the throw to almost nothing and it sits like 2 1/2" lower in the car so it looks nice. Plus it uses a bearing instead of the bushings which makes it tight and smooth. I'm thinking about using my extra bronzoil bushings to make my own 3rd link kit.

johnboi85 · Post by **johnboi85** » April 19th, 2005, 10:19 pm

how much did the ebay short shifty shorten? i was thinkin of getting the adjustable short shifter from pacesetter but i dont know how low it will shorten.

2fazed · Post by **2fazed** » April 19th, 2005, 11:27 pm

I just installed the Pacesetter. Only problem with it, is it's bigger at the bottom where you put the bushings in. You can make that shifter low. I had an OBX, and I don't think it shortened it at all.

93SOHC · Post by **93SOHC** » April 20th, 2005, 1:45 am

The actual shifter is about 1.5 to 2" lower than stock. The throw was shortened a lot as well. It feels like the trow is like half that of the original, but i'm prolly exadurating a bit. I believe my fiance' payed about 40 bucks shipped for it. If I had the $$$ I definately woulda got the TWM, but for some ebay stuff its pretty decent. Plus it has a big shiney ball on it, LOL

freyguy_412 · Post by **freyguy_412** » April 20th, 2005, 11:22 am

I got the ebay one too, bout 6 months ago. My friend has a ZX2 and order an ebay short shifter... and it's the exact same as my mx-3 one! Measured it and everything. But what really urks me is that his came with some replacement bushings... grrrrrrr

projectmx · Post by **projectmx** » April 20th, 2005, 12:03 pm

which srd bushing is the one that goes with the short shifter? i checked their site and there are three shifter related bushings wasn't sure which set goes along with installing the short shifter itself

93SOHC · Post by **93SOHC** » April 20th, 2005, 12:19 pm

I believe its the kit that comes with the bushings for the front and back section of the shifter bar itself. Not sure, I just called and asked which ones I needed.

ccreech · Post by **ccreech** » April 20th, 2005, 2:42 pm

Pace setter adjust-a-ball will go very low. I didnt go all the way down but here is mine

93SOHC · Post by **93SOHC** » April 21st, 2005, 2:09 am

WOW! that is LOW!

mitmaks · Post by **mitmaks** » June 29th, 2005, 9:28 pm

ccreech wrote:Pace setter adjust-a-ball will go very low. I didnt go all the way down but here is mine

but will it work with srd bushings?

mitmaks · Post by **mitmaks** » July 2nd, 2005, 4:15 pm

anyone?

mx3tuner · Post by **mx3tuner** » July 3rd, 2005, 10:37 pm

hey 93SOHC, you have any pictures of it in your car that you could post?

esmacmil · Post by **esmacmil** » July 5th, 2005, 7:18 pm

it should work with the std bushings