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Tighter Shifting |
| Last updated: 4/09/2008 |
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I hated how sloppy the shifting in my car was.... So I did something about it!
Thanks to various people and posts on Vortex and Club18T for ideas that went into this.
I still want to replace some bushings in the shifting system with non rubber ones
once Tyrol makes them, waiting to hear about that.... Once I do I will update the howto.
Equipment:
2 different cable catches: 1J0711761B and 1J0711761C
(Gear change lever diameter is 10mm and gate selector diameter is 8mm)
You'll note that I include actual cable catches, you can buy new ones if you don't
want to wait for the lexel to dry and still be able to drive your car.
Plus you can fill in the old ones and sell them and basically do the mod for free.
Lexel compound (It is a clear sealant that works well for filling in the cable catches)
You can buy it at any hardware store. Any other sealant that has some give will work though. Turn 2 transmission mount replacement (I had this installed at AP Tuning, but I listed it here
because it was part of making the shifting better.) Either aquarium tubing or zip ties to reinforce the cable catches with (You'll see in pics....)
Tools:
Installation:
Here are the zip ties I used, I cut them in 4 inch pieces and shoved them in the top
and bottom of the catches, they help reinforce it more than Lexel alone would do.
You can also use aquarium tubing cut in half like some folks at Vortex did.
Here are the ties with the ends clipped, don't use the weak non slotted end, it's too
thin. So you're really just using the middle 4 inches of the tie.
I folded them in half (even more support that way) and shoved them into the slots.
If you cant fit it folded in half just shove it in without doing so, no big deal.
Here is the Lexel. Keep in mind that you can use any compound as long as it has SOME GIVE
because if it doesn't perhaps it will crack in the long run. Who knows. :)
This is what it thing looks like but blurry because I'm bad at taking pictures...
So you see the circular piece of plastic the shifter mechanism attaches into.
Note the depressions at the corners, this is what we are going to fill with our
sealant.
I don't know about you but I think that I should be a professional artist....
(This is a color coded pic so you know where to put everything....)
You can see the ties sticking out the top and bottom. We will clip them off, but having
them be this long makes it easier.
Here they are with the Lexel in them. Once thing to note is that it shrunk and two days
later I applied more Lexel. It took about a week for it to set and be hard so uh, don't use
your shifters in your car or you won't be able to drive. :)
Pic of the two shifters, note that they have different colors and this represents the different
sizes so you don't get them mixed up.
This is important. Note how I put tape around the cable where the catch ends. This keeps
place of where the catch was so you don't screw up your shifting which you certainly can
if you don't put the shifter back on at the correct length!!!!
Pop off the little clips carefully, you don't want to lose them.... Remove the old catches
by sort of compressing it, I mean it's a spring so you should be able to tell.... Then place the
new one on with the end going to the tape. You can actually turn the catch so it stays opened, then
turn it to snap it shut when the catches are lined up with the tape.
And you're done. Go shift. :)
So anyway if you wonder how good this worked lets put it this way.... I put my old catches that
I reinforced in a friends car just to see if he would want them and there wasn't even a question,
he just paid me the money and kept them after a drive around the block....
So what are you waiting for? Go buy some Lexel!
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