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How to make a short shifter for your 9000
Posted by Chad (more from Chad) on Fri, 22 Mar 2002 12:05:41
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I never liked the vague throws or the squishy shift knob on my 92 9KT. But noone makes a short shifter for it. So I decided to install a better knob and make my throws shorter. I removed the reverse lock out, but it can be retained in you want.
First I found a nice leather hurst shift knob to replace the factory one. Then I cut a little off of the shifter lever so that the knob would sit at factory height. Then I removed the shift lever assembly. Next I removed the pin that holds the shift lever into the sleeve on the shifter bearing.
I slid the rod down half an inch and redrilled and reinserted the pin. So now there was half an inch more rod below the pivot point and half an inch less above. I then spaced the bearing assembly one half inch away from the body of the car with some stacks of washers. Next I put everthing back together.
The result is much (about 40%) shorter shifts. The feel is stiffer and more direct.
With out the reverse lock out the 4 to 5 shift can be tricky, but if you want it would be possible to retain the lock out mechanism by cut some out from the middle.
I'll probably keep tweaking it out a little bit until I get it just how I want it, but I pretty happy with it right now.
Let me know if you have an questions or comments like "you just f'ed your tranny" or what not.
Chad
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