aluminum short shifter, how long till stress breaks it
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aluminum short shifter, how long till stress breaks it
i have been reading around and i have an aluminum short shifter and people say they break off how long does this usully take to happen i have had mine on for around 2 months, if they break fairly quickly i will just get a steel one but if they last pretty long might as well just get another aluminum one ?????
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Re: aluminum short shifter, how long till stress breaks it (el terror)
well i read that over time because the shift linkage is right above the exhuast pipes the repeated heating and cooling cause stree fractures in the metal and weakens it a little each time till it breaks
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Re: aluminum short shifter, how long till stress breaks it (el terror)
how much would that cost i am not familiar with that stuff???
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If it does break, which I doubt will happen, you could always pick up a del Sol shifter which is shorter.
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or you could just get a skunk2 steel shifter or a B&M, and save yourself alot of hassle...thats the most rediclious thing i have ever heard...shotpeaning is for internal components, not for a shifter that you can buy for about 100 bucks...can you even shot pean aluminum?
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Re: (el terror)
I was under the impression that it was hard to break an aluminum shifter but then last night happened!!!
I broke my DC sports shifter by trying to get the shift **** off!! I didn't even break it while shifting!
I doubt this is something that happens often but I am going back to Skunk2
I used to have a Skunk2 back in the day but I sold it because I thought it sat too high... I am willing to sacrifice a little length though for a shifter that wont break when I am trying to get the shift **** off!!
Here's the thread where I broke my shifter!!!
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=693332
I broke my DC sports shifter by trying to get the shift **** off!! I didn't even break it while shifting!
I doubt this is something that happens often but I am going back to Skunk2
I used to have a Skunk2 back in the day but I sold it because I thought it sat too high... I am willing to sacrifice a little length though for a shifter that wont break when I am trying to get the shift **** off!!
Here's the thread where I broke my shifter!!!
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=693332
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