Anyone Ever Cut the Shifter Shaft ?????

[nola911]

And why not?

I have had a B&M in a 996 and a rip-off B&M in my old boxster and neither of them shift as exact as the stock shifter. I understand the SSK moves the pivot ball down to keep the leverage and keep it easy to shift.

I don't mind losing leverage (harder) but hate when the gear is not exact... why would anyone not cut the shaft of the stock shifter to create a SSK with Porsche factory parts. Worse comes to worse, you replace it with a SSK again. Anyone have a compelling reason why not other than it is a ghetto mod?

[nola911]

EDIT: someone now has!

[nola911]

and to think... this project started as just changing out a worn out shift boot

[jaykay]

Yes very true your shift position control goes down with ssks. Let us know how this ends up working for you along with the increased shift effort.

[clickman]

When I was looking at changing my shifter I came across a few threads on cutting the shaft. Search this forum and (I think) Renntech.org

[Burg Boxster]

Nola - I can't believe you were cutting w/o protecting the dash

Anyhow, you're not along as Pedro from Pedrosgarage.com cut down his SSK some time ago too. Here's a still photo of the throw from 1st - 2nd. Now that's short!

[Quickurt]

With the increase in effort the Schnell system gave, I can't help but believe you guys are going to have some sore, bruised hands!