short shifter breaking?
08-08-2003, 12:39 PM
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short shifter breaking?
um... has anyone ever broke a short shifter? because i just did. ill try and get pix up later tonight. it broke nice and clean right above the ball.
08-08-2003, 01:57 PM
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Re: short shifter breaking? (blackhatchy)
im guessing a cheap ebay one right? my friend has one and it bends a little if you shift hard, get a DC sports, i like mine its really smooth and short, not to mention strong. i think its better on your tranny too, get the poly bushings for the shifter as well i hear they help a lot
08-08-2003, 02:05 PM
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Re: short shifter breaking? (blackhatchy)
use the search...
I'm not trying to be a d!ck but....
How in gods name did it break... I never understood this... If my shifter was made of a dowel rod (wood) I wouldn't break it... why would you be compelled to put that much force on a part regardless of whether it SHOULD or SHOULDN'T break...
For it to break you'd have to be putting considerable force after it was already in gear... why?
Pulling your shifter harder don't make you or your shifts any faster... just my .02
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I'm not trying to be a d!ck but....
How in gods name did it break... I never understood this... If my shifter was made of a dowel rod (wood) I wouldn't break it... why would you be compelled to put that much force on a part regardless of whether it SHOULD or SHOULDN'T break...
For it to break you'd have to be putting considerable force after it was already in gear... why?
Pulling your shifter harder don't make you or your shifts any faster... just my .02
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https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=480487
08-08-2003, 02:08 PM
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Re: short shifter breaking? (NonovUrbizniz)
i kno people who broke there shifters....they are like APC and crap....just get a better brand or dont shift soo hard
08-08-2003, 02:13 PM
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Re: short shifter breaking? (NonovUrbizniz)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NonovUrbizniz »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">use the search...
I'm not trying to be a d!ck but....
How in gods name did it break... I never understood this... If my shifter was made of a dowel rod (wood) I wouldn't break it... why would you be compelled to put that much force on a part regardless of whether it SHOULD or SHOULDN'T break...
For it to break you'd have to be putting considerable force after it was already in gear... why?
Pulling your shifter harder don't make you or your shifts any faster... just my .02
taken from...
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=480487</TD></TR></TABLE>
i was gonna say, i heard that before!
but seriously dude no need to slam shifter
I'm not trying to be a d!ck but....
How in gods name did it break... I never understood this... If my shifter was made of a dowel rod (wood) I wouldn't break it... why would you be compelled to put that much force on a part regardless of whether it SHOULD or SHOULDN'T break...
For it to break you'd have to be putting considerable force after it was already in gear... why?
Pulling your shifter harder don't make you or your shifts any faster... just my .02
taken from...
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=480487</TD></TR></TABLE>
i was gonna say, i heard that before!
but seriously dude no need to slam shifter
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08-08-2003, 02:50 PM
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Re: short shifter breaking? (m3dia_lab)
I broke mine 3 days after I put it in. Broke just above the ball. Mine was just a E-bay cheapy (aka. APC). I'm lookin for a stainless one now. Whos got them?
08-08-2003, 02:53 PM
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Re: short shifter breaking? (m3dia_lab)
Never had a problem with my DC Sports short shifter. It lasted me a little over a year before I sold it to CzanSOHC. I went back to the stock shifter with Prothane shifter bushings. Longer throws but I can shift just as fast.
hope mine doesnt break now!
08-08-2003, 04:15 PM
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Re: short shifter breaking? (m3dia_lab)
Skunk2 works well for me.
I think the problem is that since the shifts are crisper, people like to exagerrate the shift and punch it into gear. There's no real need to do that, since along with breaking shifters you'll be messing up synchros as well.
I think the problem is that since the shifts are crisper, people like to exagerrate the shift and punch it into gear. There's no real need to do that, since along with breaking shifters you'll be messing up synchros as well.
08-08-2003, 05:50 PM
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Re: short shifter breaking? (HondaIntegraLS)
i had a Skunk2 **** on an Ebay shifter and on a 3-4 shift on the highway the shift **** just rolled into the center console i just rethreaded it and put the **** back on. it will run like that till i am done building and breaking in the new motor
08-08-2003, 05:57 PM
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Re: short shifter breaking? (99blackcivicSi)
hahahaha. i broke 2 JG shifters and 1 C's shifter.... i call on the next challenger 
is there a shifter that can withstand my mighty short throws??
is there a shifter that can withstand my mighty short throws??
08-08-2003, 07:09 PM
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Re: short shifter breaking? (EGRhatch)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EGRhatch »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">My friend Bronson broke 2 Type R shifters, then he got a skunk2 and wreckd his car before he could break that one 
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so he skipped the shifter and went straight for the car huh
</TD></TR></TABLE>so he skipped the shifter and went straight for the car huh
08-08-2003, 07:25 PM
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Re: short shifter breaking? (allmtr y0!)
i've heard lots of stories of ppl breaking short shifters, but what i don't get is how someone can break a piece of medal with their on strength. are those short shifters like hollow on the inside or something?
08-08-2003, 07:28 PM
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Re: short shifter breaking? (AzntaggeR)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AzntaggeR »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i've heard lots of stories of ppl breaking short shifters, but what i don't get is how someone can break a piece of medal with their on strength. are those short shifters like hollow on the inside or something?</TD></TR></TABLE>no, just weak material
08-08-2003, 08:45 PM
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Re: short shifter breaking? (allmtr y0!)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by allmtr y0! »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
so he skipped the shifter and went straight for the car huh</TD></TR></TABLE>
Thats affrimative... ran from the cops comming home from Pacific raceways (he had just ran his fastest time ever, 13.1) went down a hill and tried to make a 90-degree turn while downshifting into 2nd the wheels locked up, he started sliding and wedged the front end under a guardrail.
so he skipped the shifter and went straight for the car huh</TD></TR></TABLE>
Thats affrimative... ran from the cops comming home from Pacific raceways (he had just ran his fastest time ever, 13.1) went down a hill and tried to make a 90-degree turn while downshifting into 2nd
the wheels locked up, he started sliding and wedged the front end under a guardrail.
08-08-2003, 09:44 PM
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Re: short shifter breaking? (allmtr y0!)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by allmtr y0! »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no, just weak material</TD></TR></TABLE>
there has to be more to it than that...
Possibley the ones that are breaking are made straight then machine bent... this can SERIOUSLY stress metal making it EASIER to snap than wood...
Like I said though I can all but guarantee I could shift my car with a 1.5" dowel rod... and NEVER break it.
there has to be more to it than that...
Possibley the ones that are breaking are made straight then machine bent... this can SERIOUSLY stress metal making it EASIER to snap than wood...
Like I said though I can all but guarantee I could shift my car with a 1.5" dowel rod... and NEVER break it.
08-09-2003, 06:42 AM
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Re: short shifter breaking? (m3dia_lab)
no they dont break at the bend. they break just above the ball. the cheapy shifters are made from cast aluminum which is hard but brittle. you just have the most leverage at that spot in the shifter.