Shift Lever at Rest Options

[Literati914]

I'm thinking that I don't have the vertical shift lever adjusted on the splined horizontal rod correctly.. (car is yet to be driven after restoration). It seems to take quite a lot of effort to get it all the way over to the 1/R side. It's been too long since I owned my last 914 to remember exactly how it's suppose to feel. But I do not remember it taking this much effort. So, when the lever is at rest, would you say it sits in the middle (of neutral's left to right plane) or that it favors either L or R ? I mean the middle seems logical I guess, and I probably just have it mal-adjusted.

I installed the shifter many months back always intending to revisit the subject before first start up - which is quickly approaching (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

[Montreal914]

That's how I had mine adjusted too. Lever against the spring loaded stop plate would have been the 2-3 plane. Two springs setup at the shifter and it was easy to get in 1st reverse. 4 spring is quite harder.

After modifying the tail end of the shift linkage (firewall to gearbox) with the double support at the gearbox shift console and double steering U-joints, the rear mechanism was very smooth and resistanceless. Actually, this rear shift likage upgrade made the movement so easy that when pushing the level out of 1st gear, I had to "catch" it and and push it up in 2nd because the two springs would push the level all the way to the 4-5. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) I kept on going from 1st to 4th...

This made me realize that this upgrade would benefit of a central positioning shifter design such as the Rennshift with springs on both side option.