short shifter install
short shifter install
i'm getting ready to buy a short shifter and was wondering if anyone could tell me how to install it or give me any tips.
94 MX-3 1.6L DOHC 5sp, corksport shifter, crappy intake and muffler
01 SS Camaro, full flowmaster exhaust and hurst shifter
01 SS Camaro, full flowmaster exhaust and hurst shifter
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1. Jack vehicle up and securely lower onto jackstands
2. Remove console. Unscrew shiftknob and remove it from lever.
3. Use the flat-head screwdriver to pry out the spring that holds the shifter pivot ball in place.
4. Wipe off spring/retaining-clip with paper towel (it should be greasy) and place in a safe place. If you lose it, it will be a pain to drive without and its not a easy thing to replace.
5. Slide under the car, and locate the shifter lever's bottom.
6. Firmly loosen the bolt and nut that is threaded through the bottom of the lever.
7. Slide the bolt through the shifter and bushings and remove it from the linkage arm and place both the nut and bolt in a safe place! (your car will be undriveable without them!)
8. Get back inside your car and carefully pull out the lever assembly.
9. Take the top white O-ring off the lever, and CAREFULLY push the bottom white O-ring off.
10. There are two different lengths on the bottom linkage hole (that the bushings go into). After removing the bushings, push the boot inside out and then stretch the bottom part over the shorter length linkage hole. You might have to stretch the boot back and forth to increase its elasticity.
11. After cleaning off the white O-rings, spring, bushings, and boot (you don't have to, but why reuse that nasty grease if you have new stuff?). Re-install them onto the new lever. If your installing the Pacesetter, its a LOT easier if you just put the bottom O-ring and rubber boot in place, then screw the plastic pivot-ball in, then place the top O-ring on top of that.
12. Push the old boot (or new) onto the new lever. Just remove the pivot ball and install the boot first, then the O-ring, then re-install the pivot ball. After the boot is on, put the bushings back in.
13. Grease the new lever's pivot-ball up really good! DO use the grease to grese the hell out of the rubber O-rings on the outside of the aluminum housing as it IS A VERY TIGHT FIT to get that thing back in there.
14. Take the lever back into your car and shove it into the shifter-lever housing. After pushing the lever in place, make sure it is angled the right way so you don't install it backwards on the next step.
15. Snap the Spring back into place (its pretty easy)
16. Get back underneath the car. Shove the bolt through the linkage-arm and lever-arm and tighten the nut. Don't overtighten because you could make the shifter feel super stiff if you do. but don't go too lax either, then there will be too much play and it will feel very sloppy.
17. Get back inside car, and re-install the center console. Screw them into place, screw teh shift knob back on, and lower the car.......
Drive around for awhile! You'll be amazed at the difference in feel and throw!!!!
Hope thats what you needed to do the job.
2. Remove console. Unscrew shiftknob and remove it from lever.
3. Use the flat-head screwdriver to pry out the spring that holds the shifter pivot ball in place.
4. Wipe off spring/retaining-clip with paper towel (it should be greasy) and place in a safe place. If you lose it, it will be a pain to drive without and its not a easy thing to replace.
5. Slide under the car, and locate the shifter lever's bottom.
6. Firmly loosen the bolt and nut that is threaded through the bottom of the lever.
7. Slide the bolt through the shifter and bushings and remove it from the linkage arm and place both the nut and bolt in a safe place! (your car will be undriveable without them!)
8. Get back inside your car and carefully pull out the lever assembly.
9. Take the top white O-ring off the lever, and CAREFULLY push the bottom white O-ring off.
10. There are two different lengths on the bottom linkage hole (that the bushings go into). After removing the bushings, push the boot inside out and then stretch the bottom part over the shorter length linkage hole. You might have to stretch the boot back and forth to increase its elasticity.
11. After cleaning off the white O-rings, spring, bushings, and boot (you don't have to, but why reuse that nasty grease if you have new stuff?). Re-install them onto the new lever. If your installing the Pacesetter, its a LOT easier if you just put the bottom O-ring and rubber boot in place, then screw the plastic pivot-ball in, then place the top O-ring on top of that.
12. Push the old boot (or new) onto the new lever. Just remove the pivot ball and install the boot first, then the O-ring, then re-install the pivot ball. After the boot is on, put the bushings back in.
13. Grease the new lever's pivot-ball up really good! DO use the grease to grese the hell out of the rubber O-rings on the outside of the aluminum housing as it IS A VERY TIGHT FIT to get that thing back in there.
14. Take the lever back into your car and shove it into the shifter-lever housing. After pushing the lever in place, make sure it is angled the right way so you don't install it backwards on the next step.
15. Snap the Spring back into place (its pretty easy)
16. Get back underneath the car. Shove the bolt through the linkage-arm and lever-arm and tighten the nut. Don't overtighten because you could make the shifter feel super stiff if you do. but don't go too lax either, then there will be too much play and it will feel very sloppy.
17. Get back inside car, and re-install the center console. Screw them into place, screw teh shift knob back on, and lower the car.......
Drive around for awhile! You'll be amazed at the difference in feel and throw!!!!
Hope thats what you needed to do the job.
Current:
93 F-250 Diesel Coal Roller (For Sale)
06 RX-8 1.3 Rotary AT 6 speed (All looks)
79 Ford Courier 2.3 4cyl 5 speed (lil Pete)
Past:
05 Mazda RX-8 1.3 Rotary MT 6 speed
90 Mazda Miata 1.6L 5 speed 45k miles
94 MX-3 RS DOHC 5 speed 90k miles
93 F-250 Diesel Coal Roller (For Sale)
06 RX-8 1.3 Rotary AT 6 speed (All looks)
79 Ford Courier 2.3 4cyl 5 speed (lil Pete)
Past:
05 Mazda RX-8 1.3 Rotary MT 6 speed
90 Mazda Miata 1.6L 5 speed 45k miles
94 MX-3 RS DOHC 5 speed 90k miles
Thanks, the guy I got the car from said it had a short shifter in it. But he said he had 2 inches welded on it for some odd undeterminable reason (what sense does that make?). Since he did that the shifter knocks against the exhaust. The shifter in it right now is taller than the shifter in my mom's miata, but it does have a shorter throw.
Anyway, thanks again!
Anyway, thanks again!
94 MX-3 1.6L DOHC 5sp, corksport shifter, crappy intake and muffler
01 SS Camaro, full flowmaster exhaust and hurst shifter
01 SS Camaro, full flowmaster exhaust and hurst shifter