Shifter question
Drifting
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From: Olathe, Kansas
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Burning Brakes
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From: Boca FL
Safety Car
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From: Red city in deep blue Oregon
St. Jude Donor '17
Jebus......When I made the swap from the stock C5 shifter to the C6Z06 shifter, it was unbolt the stock unit, pull it out and insert the Z06 unit and bolt it down.
Couldn't have been any easier. Didnt have to fiddle with the internals of either box at all.
How did you get in the position of asking this question......did you buy a shifter in pieces? Maybe take something apart that didn't need to be disassembled?
We need more info...
Couldn't have been any easier. Didnt have to fiddle with the internals of either box at all.
How did you get in the position of asking this question......did you buy a shifter in pieces? Maybe take something apart that didn't need to be disassembled?
We need more info...
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Austin, Texas
Jebus......When I made the swap from the stock C5 shifter to the C6Z06 shifter, it was unbolt the stock unit, pull it out and insert the Z06 unit and bolt it down.
Couldn't have been any easier. Didnt have to fiddle with the internals of either box at all.
How did you get in the position of asking this question......did you buy a shifter in pieces? Maybe take something apart that didn't need to be disassembled?
We need more info...
Couldn't have been any easier. Didnt have to fiddle with the internals of either box at all.
How did you get in the position of asking this question......did you buy a shifter in pieces? Maybe take something apart that didn't need to be disassembled?
We need more info...
Coanan, I had no problem moving the plastic piece from my original stock shifter to the new shifter. Just be careful as it does take some force, and when mine popped off, it went behind my workbench...
Nice upgrade too...
Safety Car
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From: Red city in deep blue Oregon
St. Jude Donor '17
I bought an '08 z06 shifter without the box, nor the plastic (or nylon) piece on the ball!!! Got a GREAT deal on it. The OP's "situation" is perfectly reasonable.
Coanan, I had no problem moving the plastic piece from my original stock shifter to the new shifter. Just be careful as it does take some force, and when mine popped off, it went behind my workbench...
Nice upgrade too...
Coanan, I had no problem moving the plastic piece from my original stock shifter to the new shifter. Just be careful as it does take some force, and when mine popped off, it went behind my workbench...
Nice upgrade too...
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Burning Brakes
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From: Boca FL
Thanks everyone, I also bought a C6Z06 shifter without the plastic piece. I'll ask in the parts section if anyone has an extra not in use; I like to have a backup incase Murphy strikes.
Racer
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From: houston texas
i have "an extra" but i plan to keep it but IF you ever need just let me know and i'll mail it to you. hopefully neither of us will need to use it tho.
Race Director
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From: Not on either liberal coast.
You might direct your question towards anyone who's recently installed an MGW shifter. It's my understanding that MGW designed their shifter with a larger ball end which doesn't require the oem plastic bushing.
Safety Car
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From: Southeast, Tennessee
St. Jude Donor '09 thru '26
nylon bushing snaps onto the shifter end (onto the small ball end)
Drifting
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From: Orlando Florida
I still have my stocker lying around. It can't be used anymore. I said to hell with taking the demon key off and just cut the shaft.
If I can manage to get the bushing off without breaking it, I could send it to the OP.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Boca FL
They sure did. You do not use the plastic bushing with the MGW shifter. The ball end already comes pre-greased with an MGW.
I still have my stocker lying around. It can't be used anymore. I said to hell with taking the demon key off and just cut the shaft.
If I can manage to get the bushing off without breaking it, I could send it to the OP.
I still have my stocker lying around. It can't be used anymore. I said to hell with taking the demon key off and just cut the shaft.
If I can manage to get the bushing off without breaking it, I could send it to the OP.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Boca FL
They sure did. You do not use the plastic bushing with the MGW shifter. The ball end already comes pre-greased with an MGW.
I still have my stocker lying around. It can't be used anymore. I said to hell with taking the demon key off and just cut the shaft.
If I can manage to get the bushing off without breaking it, I could send it to the OP.
I still have my stocker lying around. It can't be used anymore. I said to hell with taking the demon key off and just cut the shaft.
If I can manage to get the bushing off without breaking it, I could send it to the OP.
