Ball bearing short shifter !

[PaulE]

Mine came yesterday. I thought it was going to be made in China but the box said its an Italian company! Today I finished up my nine8six projector headlight conversion and started on the shifter. I bought a shifter from Woody and mounted Ben's shifter in that bracket. Tomorrow I'll install it in the car.





To get the shifter into the bracket, I had to unscrew the back round thing that the bearing is pressed onto from the blue part, then screw it back in after getting the rest of the shifter in place in the bracket. Then the cups went in over the bearings. I might have been able to get it all in without taking it apart but I didn't want to risk breaking the bracket. I'm sure tomorrow I'll spend more time on cleaning under the console area than doing the actual installation.

Thanks for doing this Ben!

[Gelbster]

The RennList people are only just waking up to Ben's shifter. You read it here first!
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[Ben006]

Originally Posted by PaulE

Mine came yesterday. I thought it was going to be made in China but the box said its an Italian company!

It is made in China, they just write BS on the box to look good, but their boxes are correctly sized and quite strong so I reuse them.

That's why I take them apart and control them!

Thanks for sharing your experience with the install!
You shouldn't need to remove the bearing holder, it is tight, but it will go in, even with the bearings on


And thank all of you guys for the support!

If you have any problem with your shifter, you can always post here or ask me via PM or e-mail! I always try to answer as fast as I can.

One last thing, since it works almost completely on metal/metal contacts, vibrations can loosen the bolts (set screws and lever pivot), it doesn't happen often, but it has happened to at least one of you.
Nothing bad, but if you can, check it from time to time

Ben

[Meir]

Hi Ben.
Will adding some green loctite prevents the set screws from going loose over time?