981 Short Shifter Question Roger987 - 8 years ago |
Re: 981 Short Shifter Question Guenter in Ontario - 8 years ago |
Re: 981 Short Shifter Question Gary in SoFL - 8 years ago |
Re: 981 Short Shifter Question Roger987 - 8 years ago |
Re: 981 Short Shifter Question Guenter in Ontario - 8 years ago |
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Roger987
Thanks, Gman. Good photo.
I'm hoping Pedro or Stefan will weigh in. Pedro is the master of modification/adaptation, and Stefan certainly knows his way around Pcars.
Gary, that may not be a bad idea( cutting it from the bottom), but I don't know whether the shaft can be removed, to cut off a chunk of the bottom. And there appears to be a circular grove in the lower part, perhaps as a the boot attachment point.
Re: 981 Short Shifter Question Pedro (Odessa, FL) - 8 years ago |
Re: 981 Short Shifter Question Guenter in Ontario - 8 years ago |
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Pedro (Weston, FL)
The two ways in which you can shorten a throw in the shifter is:
1.- shortening the knob's shaft
2.- lengthening the (bottom) fulcrum
The shaft in the 981 is best shortened by removing it from its base and cutting a section off the bottom, then reinserting in the base.
Lengthening the bottom fulcrum is not easily done as a DIY and that's what aftermarket short shifters do generally.
In my car I first installed the short shifter and found it still too long a throw for my liking so I then cut off about 1.5" off of my shifter's knob shaft. That made it just right.
Keep in mind that the shorter the throw the more force it takes to shift.
BTW, the 981's shifter is very different from the 986/987.
Happy Porschen
Pedro
Attachment method Boxsterra - 8 years ago |
Re: Attachment method Guenter in Ontario - 8 years ago |
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Boxsterra
The shift knob is attached via friction fit with a set screw that goes in the groove. If you cut the shaft it's possible (not necessarily true) that the set screw will be lower than the bottom of the groove. If that's the case you will have to either make a cut for the new position of the screw or not use the set screw.
I have been using a shift knob I carved over 10 years ago out of a block of wood. It uses only friction (no set screw) and have never had an issue other than occasionally having trouble shifting into 1st, 3rd, and 5th. But I don't think that's related to the lack of a set screw.
The groove(s)' purpose is likely to help keep the knob from rotating around the shaft. *NM* Laz - 8 years ago |
No, and no Boxsterra - 8 years ago |
Re: Attachment method Roger987 - 8 years ago |
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Boxsterra
The shift knob is attached via friction fit with a set screw that goes in the groove. If you cut the shaft it's possible (not necessarily true) that the set screw will be lower than the bottom of the groove. If that's the case you will have to either make a cut for the new position of the screw or not use the set screw.
I have been using a shift knob I carved over 10 years ago out of a block of wood. It uses only friction (no set screw) and have never had an issue other than occasionally having trouble shifting into 1st, 3rd, and 5th. But I don't think that's related to the lack of a set screw.
It could be but Boxsterra - 8 years ago |
Re: It could be but Roger987 - 8 years ago |