Anyone Cut Shifter ( Done )

Maxmod said:
Someone definitely was making a short shifter I got this from an eBay user andreavencl I needed to replace the centre bearing as it was too stiff with the original bearing but that was simple enough. It’s a well made short shifter.

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I’m from Canada and cannot seem to get one of these. It looks like the seller mainly sells to the US and the UK. It looks like the seller also makes a shifter with the shift rod at an angle..
It looks like a cast piece but very well made.
Do you find the throws are reduced? How’s the feeling?
 
The throws definitely reduced, I didn’t use it for long to be honest I was smashing boxes due to the power I was putting out. I went cable shift shortly after purchasing this.
 
I (finally) finished my short shifter. I mostly wanted to reduce the slop in the shifter, but figured that while I was at it I could shorten the throws. I didn't want to cut the lever above the pivot because I like the position of the knob in relation to the steering wheel.
I removed the plastic end piece from the shifter and replaced it with a piece of machined aluminum, with a sintered bearing pressed in. A stainless steel threaded spacer fits in the bearing.
The stock shifter is 65mm from the pivot ball to the hole for the shift rod. I made my aluminum piece attach to the shifter with set screws so I could change the length, but now that I have driven it I am not going to change the length. I have it set for 85mm from pivot ball to shift rod, and I really like it.

Jim
 

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That’s awesome! I just replaced mine with a stock piece as the lower plastic piece on my old one was cracked and held together with a hose clamp. Now that I have it sitting around I think I’ll experiment like you have.
Nice job! Looks great!
 
Thanks.
It turns out that the set screws were a bad idea. They have come loose after a couple of days and the aluminum end piece is rattling around. I am not interested in changing the length, so I will attach it permanently with JB Weld or something.
 
jrl665 said:
Thanks.
It turns out that the set screws were a bad idea. They have come loose after a couple of days and the aluminum end piece is rattling around. I am not interested in changing the length, so I will attach it permanently with JB Weld or something.
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What would be trick is to thread the two pieces together so you could change the fulcrum length by rotating the shifter at a stoplight.
 
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