Aftermarket solid shifter?
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DCMoney
Goblin Guru
Awesome, you're designing around the F23 shifter, any reason why this wont work on the F23 and F35?
Perfect.
Ross
Goblin Guru
If you weld a flat plate above shifter 1 (in blue), then you could move the cable attachment point up to the red circle, it would reverse the left/right movement. The black cross is a measurement line. The distance from the current cable attach point to the center cross pivot point could be extended that same amount, above the current pivot point to the red attach point.
Of course, you could just cut the lower attach point off, and weld it up higher.
JSATX
Goblin Guru
It should work with both
JSATX
Goblin Guru
Yes that would be a good way. I’ll try and take that linkage off tomorrow, I don’t remember how it’s attached.
Ross
Goblin Guru
No reason. Same logic would work on our F35.
Ross
Goblin Guru
JSATX
Goblin Guru
Didn't do much today, but there are four problems to solve.
1) weld lever arm to trans lever and install new stud. No big deal.
2) Flipping the arm to the other side of the pivot causes the shift cables at the back of the transmission to be completely out of line. Will have to make a whole new mount for cables.
3) the distance from the cable locknuts to the end of the shift cable is about 9.25” in neutral position. RSX distance from cable mount to shift arm is only 6”. Will have to remove built in cable mounts from shifter and weld new ones to tunnel cover.
4) RSX cables have built in eyelets on the end of the cable. Really specific size. Looked everywhere and nothing is popping up. The bore diameter is 8mm and the slot is only 8mm wide so normal female heim joints won’t work. May end up using more ball studs attached to the side, although I would prefer to use the slot.
1) weld lever arm to trans lever and install new stud. No big deal.
2) Flipping the arm to the other side of the pivot causes the shift cables at the back of the transmission to be completely out of line. Will have to make a whole new mount for cables.
3) the distance from the cable locknuts to the end of the shift cable is about 9.25” in neutral position. RSX distance from cable mount to shift arm is only 6”. Will have to remove built in cable mounts from shifter and weld new ones to tunnel cover.
4) RSX cables have built in eyelets on the end of the cable. Really specific size. Looked everywhere and nothing is popping up. The bore diameter is 8mm and the slot is only 8mm wide so normal female heim joints won’t work. May end up using more ball studs attached to the side, although I would prefer to use the slot.
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DCMoney
Goblin Guru
That's awesome, do you think it was worth the effort to not use the reversing cranks?
Understand directly connecting to the shifter removes a few stacking tolerances and play, but removing the plastic socket joins and going to a rod end that connects to the new shifter seems like it would work, may have to shorten or lengthen the tie rods. Route out a plate to match the existing bolt pattern plus a few holes for the bolt pattern of the new assembly and go. No modifying the transmission mount, no new cable holder.
Might be over simplifying it. When I get back from vacation going to buy one of these shifter assemblies.
Does it have a reverse lockout?
Understand directly connecting to the shifter removes a few stacking tolerances and play, but removing the plastic socket joins and going to a rod end that connects to the new shifter seems like it would work, may have to shorten or lengthen the tie rods. Route out a plate to match the existing bolt pattern plus a few holes for the bolt pattern of the new assembly and go. No modifying the transmission mount, no new cable holder.
Might be over simplifying it. When I get back from vacation going to buy one of these shifter assemblies.
Does it have a reverse lockout?
JSATX
Goblin Guru
the Getrag has an internal reverse lockout. There is not one external