901 tailshift, tail shift adjuster Options

[Mike1981]

Hello

I have been following this thread closely and saving my pennies to buy one of these adjusters

My 914 has a tailshift 901 tranny and I just read this will not work on a tailshift

Is there a similar tool one can buy to help with the adjustment of the shifter?

The P.O. replaced all the bushings but I'm dealing with a renegade with a custom linkage

Tranny shifts fine but finding the gears is still a problem.

Im told trying to adjust without experience may lead to making matters worse

Any help on this?

Thanks

Mike

[Dr Evil]

The tail shifter has a lot of slop in all of its internal shifter components, at the very least. Consider this, the stock 911 that uses the 901 has one internal slop point. The 914 adds two more points directly in line with that first one. So, while some work can be done to fairly easily remove the fore/aft slop (I have a solution in the works for this), the side to side is still pretty shitty. With a tail shifter I do what I call "quadrant shifting"; first is somewhere in this quadrant, 2nd in this one, etc.

A side shifter is a fairly cheap investment and can lend itself to some major improvements over the tail shifter. I have a nice improvement that is simple and makes the side shifter more gated than stock, so improvements for that system are available over the inherent improvement over the tail shift.

[DBCooper]

Soooooo, what's needed to go from tail to side shifter.

Transmission, complete linkage and engine crossbar.
And a new firewall bushing.

Ouch. Plus labor, so not simple, and definitely not cheap. And you're discarding the tailshift transmission, since no one wants them. Almost no one.

A side shifter is a fairly cheap investment and can lend itself to some major improvements over the tail shifter.

It's not really cheap, Doc, but what exactly does "major improvement" mean? I don't know many people who are that pleased with the way their side shifter shifts. Witness the products, the Rennshifter, metal bushings and bearings, Chris' side-shift mechanism, his new adjuster, etc., all expensive and evidence that even people with sideshifters are still trying to find some way to get them to shift better. So maybe "improved" over a tailshifter, but still SLAP.

A cable shift for tailshifters would definitely be the way to go, should make a tailshifter work as well as or better than a sideshift transmission. Would probably be a cheaper and more effective solution for improving sideshift transmissions too, but unfortunately no one's come up with a really good one yet. Sorry Brandwood, nice try, no cigar.