Movement/play in Shifter
 

How much play is allowable in a stock shifter setup, Currently i have nearly a half inch of play (side to side) in my shifter. Is that too much play?

Stop playing with your shifter. You'll go blind.

Havent you ever heard the saying "If you dont use it, you lose it."??? :)

Who said that? I can't see you.

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Measured where--at the very tip of the shift knob? At the base? What shift knob? Half-inch of play to each side or total from side to side?

With some assumptions about what you really meant to ask, I can say that you're not describing a lot of play. Considering this is a cable actuation setup, I wouldn't stress about it.

I already tried that lol jk :D

I measure from the tip of the shift knob, i have the 2-tone silver ball type porsche shift knob. Its half an inch of total play in neutral and about 2/3rds that amount of play while in gear. Would you say that is still within spec.

I was wondering cause i was getting frequent 2nd gear grinding UNTIL i decided to hold the shifter firmly to the left as i shift into 2nd rather than semi-firmly and i thought that might be an indication of slack in the lines or play in the shifter assembly.