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General Information => General => Topic started by: spencebm on January 24, 2008, 05:32:46 pm

Title: short shifters
Post by: spencebm on January 24, 2008, 05:32:46 pm

anyone tried them?  is it a waste of time? can i just make one?

Title: short shifters
Post by: stewardc on January 24, 2008, 05:36:33 pm

Mk 1, Mk 2, Mk 3 ???
Which one?

Title: short shifters
Post by: spencebm on January 24, 2008, 05:54:43 pm

woops mk2

Title: short shifters
Post by: Vincent Waldon on January 24, 2008, 06:16:47 pm

Pretty easy to make if you have access to about 30 seconds on a welder.. this one is for an MK3 but the MK2 shifter is exactly the same as it relates to Dan's instructions:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2471732

Roger has some great info on his site and sells really really nice ones:

http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/ForSale/ShiftLinkage.shtml

Title: short shifters
Post by: spencebm on January 24, 2008, 07:01:57 pm

thanks!  can't wait to make my own hillbilly shifter!

Title: short shifters
Post by: subsonic on January 24, 2008, 08:58:06 pm

Quote from: "Vincent Waldon"

Pretty easy to make if you have access to about 30 seconds on a welder.. this one is for an MK3 but the MK2 shifter is exactly the same as it relates to Dan's instructions:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2471732

Roger has some great info on his site and sells really really nice ones:

http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/ForSale/ShiftLinkage.shtml

I was just about to post that link( roger).  I wondered if anyone had ever used his stuff on this forum.  Looks like a great setup.

Title: short shifters
Post by: burn_your_money on January 24, 2008, 11:19:18 pm

I had a missing linkz kit on my rabbit. I hated it with a passion. I never really took the time to properly install it and fine tune it though, it was one of the first things I ever did on a car. I'm sure it's a wonderful kit once it's all dialed in. I prefer plug and play though.

Title: short shifters
Post by: spencebm on January 25, 2008, 04:35:00 am

yeah i looked at that stuff, it looks really nice.  it looked stainless, which would last a long time with things getting so rusted out down there.

Title: short shifters
Post by: RabbitJockey on January 26, 2008, 06:44:34 am

i used them before... nothing really all that impressive to me, but i'm not worried about how long my shift is.  my friend had one on her car too and it made her ***ty trans grind really bad so u gotta have a car in good shape

Title: short shifters
Post by: spencebm on January 26, 2008, 06:55:30 am

i made one last night and it worked out pretty darn good for a first try, need to do a little more adjusting but i added about an inch and a half to the level and added a mk3 weight and it was alot shorter to shift and pretty fun too!  no grinding gears, made it feel nice and stiff.