He said **** 
Shortened shifter
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I just bought a die the same size..9/16 I think....removed the ****...threaded the die down abount an inch..hacksawed it off..backed the die off...took 5 minutes
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Originally Posted by pewter99
I just bought a die the same size..9/16 I think....removed the ****...threaded the die down abount an inch..hacksawed it off..backed the die off...took 5 minutes
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Originally Posted by canadianguy
How dangerous is it to do without the die? Do you like the new feel of your ****?
alot of people do without..I just figured it would allow me to "clean up" the threads
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save yourself some time and buy a hurst, you won't believe the difference. I cut my shifter but it's still no comparison to the hurst, and only $200
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Originally Posted by canadianguy
Does anyone have that write-up about shortening the shifter about an inch?
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I bought the Hurst, installed it and hated it. Pulled it out a week later and sold it. I have been looking for another shifter, and with the positive reports on the C6 shifter which I have tried at the car show, I decided to get one of those instead. In the meantime, I did buy a stock shifter to cut down so I could keep my original.
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From: Bonneville Salt Flats
I got a B&M, shortened (just hacksawed--LOTS of threads) it nearly an inch and dropped a 2.25" black cue ball completely down as low as it would go (just over 2").
With such large threads, you can cut without a die on the shaft--if the threads are long enough to begin with. If in doubt, just put on a nut the correct size--much cheaper than a die if all you are doing is just cleaning up the threads from a cut.
With such large threads, you can cut without a die on the shaft--if the threads are long enough to begin with. If in doubt, just put on a nut the correct size--much cheaper than a die if all you are doing is just cleaning up the threads from a cut.
Last edited by Avanti; Mar 19, 2005 at 10:41 PM.