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Tail to Side Shift Conversion Rookie |
Jameel |
Mar 12 2016, 08:25 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 6-October 15 From: Iowa Member No.: 19,239 Region Association: None |
A few days ago I decided to take a closer look at my shift linkage, since my car has some serious issues. Took that rear cover off and found this: https://youtu.be/gtFysPUBIO0
I'm no engineer, but that looks nasty to me. I decided to fix it right. So yesterday I made a trip to 914 Limited and was treated quite well by Brad and Mike. Brad and I had exchanged a couple emails and calls and since I'm less than 3 hours from Peoria, I decided to kill two birds and simply drive in. Brad was kind enough to let me drive his daily 914 to see what a side shifter felt like. Took me about 1/3 mile to decide I would do the conversion. Brad and Mike walked me through a few of the finer points of the process, but this being my first time opening up a transaxle, I figured I'd try and document as much as possible. I've done a bunch of searches here (and at Pelican) but have not found much in terms of step-by-step. Brad's instructions were provided, and he invited me to call anytime for support, but I'll be taking pics anyway, so figured I'd start a thread. Can anyone point me to a thread where someone has documented the process? The best I've found so far is mikedsilva's, here. I could not find others. Sort of off topic too, but is there any way to get rid of the huge smileys window when composing a post? My composition pane is just tiny, like 1/4 the size of the smileys pane. |
Jameel |
Apr 8 2016, 08:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 6-October 15 From: Iowa Member No.: 19,239 Region Association: None |
Got some deliveries past couple days. I have everything I need, except for the boot/cover at the firewall. If you've got an extra of either style, I'd be interested.
I grabbed my old clutch and hacksawed the rivets out, then had a friend weld up a drive shaft tool ala Dr. Evil. I see a welder in my future... I've decided to replace 1st gear, 1st /rev slider and syncro band with a good used one from Brad Mayeur. So first step is to get the shift forks and rods off, along with the detent assembly. If you're a rank beginner like me, and you're reading this sometime in the future, just do yourself a favor and buy Dr. Evil's DVD. I won't be covering the assembly of the side shift rods and forks here because he obviously covers it better than I ever could. Plus, it's already a pain to try and shoot cell phone pics with gear oil all over my hands. Someone has cracked this tranny open before I think. They scratched the numbers of the gears into the bronze shift forks. Thanks for that, whoever you are! I was also surprised to see a Volkswagen symbol cast into the shift forks. Is this normal? I thought the 901 transmission was a Porsche product, same as the early 911's. Started getting tired, so I pulled off the tranny and did a little grunt work. Since my flywheel got .023" removed to resurface, I ground at least .023" off the raised rim of the flywheel bolt heads so they don't interfere with the clutch. Tomorrow, if I everything goes well, I may get this thing put back together! |
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