Shorter shifter install problems
Shorter shifter install problems
Hey, I just purchased this shifter
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 8002625781
and i'm having problems installing it. I was able to get my old shifter out fine but when I try to install this one, I noticed there's nothing keeping the shifter itself from sliding out to the bottom out of my car and hitting the exhaust piping.
I was wondering if anyone else out there with a sts with this type of housing had any problems like this or if i'm just dumb or if my shifter is broken?
thanks a lot.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 8002625781
and i'm having problems installing it. I was able to get my old shifter out fine but when I try to install this one, I noticed there's nothing keeping the shifter itself from sliding out to the bottom out of my car and hitting the exhaust piping.
I was wondering if anyone else out there with a sts with this type of housing had any problems like this or if i'm just dumb or if my shifter is broken?
thanks a lot.
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anything else came with shifter, some kind of hardware to install it. like clip or something
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possibly got wrong part I think theres supposed to be bushings to go in there
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You take your old white circle thingys that you took out of your old shifter and put them on your new one...Then you take the little black rubber bands of and it slides right it.....then if you dont like it lose you take those rubber bands and place them under your car where the shifter comes down ....then it stays nice and tight....but i love the lossness when my car is in 4th gear i can have it like its almost in second so its comfotable and fast to change gears
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- freyguy_412
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I got the ebay shifter too... not the best part but it works lol...
For your loose problem: Take washers and start slippin them between the fork and the bottom of the shifter. They won't fit the best, but no one will ever see them so it's not a huge deal in my opinion (Haven't tried the SRD bushings, but I plan on it "someday".) That should tighten it up quite a bit. Mine felt really solid after I did it. Just DO NOT over torque that nut or else you'll have serious problems going into 1,2,5 and R cause you will restrict the shifters movement. Get it snug but don't tighten the s--- out of it.
For the falling problem: Somewhere on here a gentalmen is selling a small bracket that screws to your car and covers the shift hole from the bottom. Your shifter basically rests on that tab and stays put. Looks like a good design. I on the otherhand am a cheap a-- bastard, so I took small zip ties, linked enough together to go around the shifter. The nubs of the zip ties keep the lip of that part just above the floor and in a great position. Just make sure you get those zip ties really tight or else they will slip off and let your shifter drop again.....
For your loose problem: Take washers and start slippin them between the fork and the bottom of the shifter. They won't fit the best, but no one will ever see them so it's not a huge deal in my opinion (Haven't tried the SRD bushings, but I plan on it "someday".) That should tighten it up quite a bit. Mine felt really solid after I did it. Just DO NOT over torque that nut or else you'll have serious problems going into 1,2,5 and R cause you will restrict the shifters movement. Get it snug but don't tighten the s--- out of it.
For the falling problem: Somewhere on here a gentalmen is selling a small bracket that screws to your car and covers the shift hole from the bottom. Your shifter basically rests on that tab and stays put. Looks like a good design. I on the otherhand am a cheap a-- bastard, so I took small zip ties, linked enough together to go around the shifter. The nubs of the zip ties keep the lip of that part just above the floor and in a great position. Just make sure you get those zip ties really tight or else they will slip off and let your shifter drop again.....
It might be slow, but it's not a civic!