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| jr91472 |
 Aug 2 2004, 06:36 PM
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"I'm pacing myself sergeant..."  Group: Members Posts: 1,205 Joined: 2-August 04 From: McKinney, TX Member No.: 2,437  |
I was recently told that it was possible to upgrade an early model tail shifter to a side shifter?? I had previously thought this was only possible by completely replacing the transmission with a side shifter.
Can anyone confirm or deny? If true, has anyone had experience with it? thx JR |
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| Mueller |
Aug 2 2004, 06:42 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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you can turn your transmission into a sideshifter, but you'll need enough parts from a tailshifter to make it more work than it's worth.....in the end, it's easier just to swap in a good known sideshifter transmission and get the rest of the parts needed (motor mount bar, linkage, special bushing for firewall)
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| Verruckt |
Aug 2 2004, 06:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 716 Joined: 14-July 04 From: Midwest Member No.: 2,348 |
What advantage does the sideshifter have over the tailshifter? Strength or ... ?
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| Mueller |
Aug 2 2004, 06:48 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None
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the sideshifter is a little less vague and easier to find the gears when you need them....
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| jr91472 |
Aug 2 2004, 07:28 PM
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"I'm pacing myself sergeant..." Group: Members Posts: 1,205 Joined: 2-August 04 From: McKinney, TX Member No.: 2,437 |
I suspected as much. Thanks for the quick Reply Mike!
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| Dave_Darling |
Aug 2 2004, 08:47 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,981 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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Specifically, the side-shifter has a shorter linkage with fewer moving parts and fewer places where the motion changes direction. Fewer things to go wrong, more direct path for the motion of your hand to the motion of the internal transmission parts.
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| lapuwali |
Aug 2 2004, 09:12 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743  |
Yup to all of the above. They feel about the same to me when the linkage is freshly rebuilt, all new bushings and whatnot. The tailshifter, however, has many more wear points and thus wears out faster than the side-shifter, and gets a lot sloppier once worn out.
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