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Re: Quick shift gear lever
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 10:45 am
by axshack
wolfie wrote:mate had 1 and the nylon ball was too big so wasn't sitting in the rod right which stopped it selecting all gears. Ended up using some wet and dry to sand the ball down till it sat in properly. I find them notchy anyway compared to the standard 1 so in the midas I just chopped off a chunk of the stick and then bent the top slightly to get it where I wanted it
I had not considered that might be a problem, I will check them both for size now.
I certainly had to remove some metal from the inside of the new collar for it to sit down on the remote housing better.
If it doesnt work out, I will put it down to experience !!
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Re: Quick shift gear lever
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 6:43 pm
by axshack
ah ha! sorted !
had my local machine shop shave 1mm off the inside of the new collar to make it fit the gear change better...and...fixed!!
It is just as notchy as the original, but takes some getting used to, to find 3rd, which I understand is always a problem...in fact I had this problem before I changed the gear lever !!
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Re: Quick shift gear lever
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 10:18 am
by Rich
If anything, the quick shifts accentuate notchy shifts, you get used to it soon enough.
Re: Quick shift gear lever
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 2:06 pm
by axshack
yes, I am quite liking it...especially as the gear knob does not obscure the AFR gauge anymore !
Re: Quick shift gear lever
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 4:44 pm
by Rich
I stopped punching the lower dash when shifting into third when I fitted mine.
Re: Quick shift gear lever
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2016 11:48 am
by axshack
yes, absolutely. I was forever trapping fingers between dash and gear stick @!@ not anymore !
Re: Quick shift gear lever
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2016 12:52 pm
by fozzza
Approximately how much travel is the gear stick reduced by. Thinking of getting one for my MK 2.
Re: Quick shift gear lever
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 2:46 pm
by Rich
I'm guessing but would say 20-30%
Re: Quick shift gear lever
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 8:10 pm
by Geoff Butcher
In my car the gear lever is nowhere near the dash when in third. Wonder what the difference is?
Re: Quick shift gear lever
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 8:42 pm
by fozzza
Rich wrote:I'm guessing but would say 20-30%
Thanks for the info Rich.