Hurst shifter

[bigviper]

Had a little trouble with the short shifter lateley ,missing gears and reverce very difficult .bit pi**ed off to find the center pin snapped in half and has to replace it with the old one , after only being in the car a month on so . any body elce had any problems with them or similar

[neilsfishing]

Mine is still in bag I will have a look at it and see if it needs up rating, you wasn’t being heavy handed was you

Just had a look at mine its looks pretty substantial has it bent and broke or snapped it may be a little hard

Edited by neilsfishing on Monday 26th May 08:39

[bigviper]

NO SNAPPED IN HALF!! its the pin through the middle of the unit

[neilsfishing]

If you need a new pin I can get one made and get it case hardened (hard out side soft in the middle)

[V1PER]

ARMADILLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Crunchy on the outside chewy in the middle..........

[scottmarc]

hi guys i have a ram srt 10 and the hurst shifteris a t"*t to get in from 2nd to 3rd so i upgraded to a b&m shifter and what a diffrence

not sure if ram hurst shifter i same as viper car ?????
but your welcome to it mate

[Phil E]

IMADILDO?????!

[bigviper]

neilsfishing said:

If you need a new pin I can get one made and get it case hardened (hard out side soft in the middle)

thanks for the offer neil but thats going back ,no confidence in it now!

[RT/10Dave]

Loving mine, shifts are a thousand times better and much more direct, spring back to centre is spot on due to the much better springs, just a bit disappointed that it isna't actually any lower than the original shifter, but I'm thinking about cutting it down and recutting the thread. (If I can work out how to do that... )

[V1PER]

Dave.... you need someone to sit in the car and hold the tool while you spin the car to cut the threads.......

[RT/10Dave]

Presumably it'll make it easier if I take the roof off first...

[RT/10Dave]

On a serious note though, how easy/hard is it to re-cut the thread on it? Would I be able to do it in situ, or would I need to remove it again?

[xyyman]

Why don't you use the shifter knob that came with the kit. It's the perfect height, well for me anyway.

[RT/10Dave]

The hursts that Chuck supplied didn't come with a Knob Phil, I bought an MGW, but in hindsight I wish I'd gone for the other MGW option, as the one I have makes it that bit higher again...
My knob is too big...

[bigviper]

there you go snaped clean in half
and dave no it isn't

[xyyman]

RT/10Dave said:

The hursts that Chuck supplied didn't come with a Knob Phil, I bought an MGW, but in hindsight I wish I'd gone for the other MGW option, as the one I have makes it that bit higher again...
My knob is too big...

Ooh er......

[neilsfishing]

I can see that you pin is Fd it didnt happen when climing out with 2 in your garage not being spritley in shape like my self

[RT/10Dave]

Been looking into the whole, cutting down the shifter and re-threading it idea...

If I buy one of these Tap & Die sets, would I be able to cut a new thread on the bar with the shifter in situ in the car? Anyone done tap & die stuff before? Any advice?

[neilsfishing]

the shaft is more than likely hardened and wont like being threaded

[RT/10Dave]

But is it do-able? Or not even worth trying?

If it's not do-able then I'll try and get a smaller knob, Maybe if my knob wasn't so big I wouldn't have this problem...