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Gated shifer? |
kyhunting |
Jul 20 2009, 11:03 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 8-October 07 From: KY Member No.: 8,199 |
Racing application. Who is using a gated shifter? Which one? Do you like it? Is it worth the expense? I've been fighting with shifting issues.. like finding 2nd when looking for 4th. Last episode ended with broken rocker arms. I've adjusted and replaced everything from the shifter to the solid trans mounts. It will do fine and then all of a sudden I've found second instead of 4th which results in a over rev. I have concentrated on my shifting and can't find a correlation to what causes this to happen. Any suggestions would be appriciated.
Thank you David |
HAM Inc |
Sep 3 2009, 08:28 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 846 Joined: 24-July 06 From: Watkinsville,GA Member No.: 6,499 Region Association: None |
The Rennshifter rocks and allows for a creative person to design a gate that incorporates a reverse/first lockout that bolts to the top. This is key to consistent, fast shifts. (Was for me anyway.)
The console mod is the absolute cats meow. It is easy to install and makes a world of difference when coupled to his linkage. Can you say precise?! I will say that in my experience with JWest that there is no "maybe" with his products, or his character. He sells first class goodies and if something doesn't work as advertised (it will) I would bet money that James will make it right to your satisfaction. You just doen't have to go around with a crappy shifting 914! |
J P Stein |
Sep 6 2009, 09:23 AM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
I will say that in my experience with JWest that there is no "maybe" with his products, or his character. He sells first class goodies and if something doesn't work as advertised (it will) I would bet money that James will make it right to your satisfaction. Too many reports of his 1st gen shifter coming apart......he may have made that right, I never heard. I don't like outfits that have customers do the R&D on a product.....There are a few fellas that do the customer R&D trick. I got no truck with it. Even if it is made right, it wastes time & effort. |
JWest |
Sep 22 2009, 10:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,662 Joined: 6-January 03 From: Fort Worth, TX Member No.: 97 Region Association: None |
Too many reports of his 1st gen shifter coming apart......he may have made that right, I never heard. I don't like outfits that have customers do the R&D on a product.....There are a few fellas that do the customer R&D trick. I got no truck with it. Even if it is made right, it wastes time & effort. Made about 100 1st gens over 5 years ago. About 10 of them (after 50 were in use) had a bad weld because I farmed out some work. I'm not sure how that translates to having the customer do R&D. |
J P Stein |
Sep 23 2009, 02:36 PM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
Too many reports of his 1st gen shifter coming apart......he may have made that right, I never heard. I don't like outfits that have customers do the R&D on a product.....There are a few fellas that do the customer R&D trick. I got no truck with it. Even if it is made right, it wastes time & effort. Made about 100 1st gens over 5 years ago. About 10 of them (after 50 were in use) had a bad weld because I farmed out some work. I'm not sure how that translates to having the customer do R&D. I work in QA. A 20% failure rate of a bit after getting out in the world would get me fired, but my company would still be in deep shit. Does it "translate" now? |
JWest |
Sep 23 2009, 04:21 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,662 Joined: 6-January 03 From: Fort Worth, TX Member No.: 97 Region Association: None |
I work in QA. A 20% failure rate of a bit after getting out in the world would get me fired, but my company would still be in deep shit. Does it "translate" now? It must not be fun to live with such an angry attitude. You really seem to have a big personal problem with me for having never met me or purchased anything from me. Unfortunately people will believe your made-up stories of products you have never used (stated in your past posts) being unnecessary - so I am forced to tell my side. I would prefer to let my real customers speak for the product (which they do), but you have to (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif) on something that you have no experience with. Not sure why that is. QA and R&D are not the same thing - I'm tying to chase your insults as you shift them. The design was robust and had no issues - a mistake was made in production and a single batch got out the door and was dealt with. Yes, the QA was lacking - I (well, actually the customer) cannot afford to do NDT on this level of parts and neither can anyone except in your business. The car will not fall out of the sky and kill a large number of people if a part fails. You can't compare the aircraft industry to any that produces something that an individual consumer can afford. Car companies have high failure items delivered to the customer all the time and the companies issue a recall and fix it (if enough people can prove it well enough). This is all moot, as I changed the design 5 years ago, removed the chance of any similar issue with a different design and production processes, and have had no issues in over 500 shifters sold. |
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