I cant believe it. Shift **** got STUCK good while trying to take it off. Couldnt get it off for my life using rubber to protect the shifter. I said screw it, and used a big wrench to unscrew the **** (knowing it would ruin the ***** finish... sacrafice). Well, the damn shifter snapped! I never thought the DC Sports shifter would break before a $9 ebay shift ****. Here's pics:

 

Did you use threadlock on the **** or something?

 

Holy crap!!! Call them up and maybe they will send you a free one? Say it broke while you were shifting....

 

no i didnt use thread lock. I just screwed it on to see how it looked, and when i was unscrewing it got stuck half way... it like skipped a thread on one side somehow which is why it wouldnt budge.

After I took those pics (which im gonna email to dc sports) I re-threaded the end of the shifter, so its a super-short shifter now

 

my cheapy one broke exactly like that after a go0d 2 years...

 

Sounds like the shitty **** crossthreaded onto your shifter.

 

and thats why i keep trying to tell everyone get a steel shifter

 

Haha! Sucks for you! Short shifters are a waste of money, time, etc.

 

Um, im gonna have to completely disagree with you there. People who think its gonna make their car faster are idiots, but its just much more comfortable having a shorter throw. I dont even move my arm when i shift any more. Just a wrist/finger motion. Its hard to explain but the action of the shifter felt awsome compared to stock.

 

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This is where I plug in and tell everyone that I make short stick / SHORT THROW STEEL shifters in my garage. $15 plus core and shipping. Which car did it come out of?

That really sucks man DC should step up though and try to do something for you like that. I know I would, and I am just a Tree shader.

 

DC short shifting poop

 

For turbo applications a short throw shifter is one of your best friends. the faster you can make your shift the less boost is lost so the more that is still going into the engine in the next gear. Aside from that it's purely a lazyness thing.

Also, CRneXT, hit me up at my email addy cause I'm interested in the short throw shifters you make

 

you're better off with an OEM shifter anyway.

fuggen Dog Crap sports junk

 

my friends dc really did break while shifting. he was racing of course, but that is besides the point.

 

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I honestly don't see how there is ANY need in ANY application to shift hard enough to break a shifter. I would never let someone like your friend anywhere near my car!

 

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I honestly don't see how there is ANY need in ANY application to shift hard enough to break a shifter. I would never let someone like your friend anywhere near my car!</TD></TR></TABLE>
Actually, aluminum short shifters for Hondas commonly break. The exhaust - being directly below the shifter - will heat up the shifter every time the car is driven, and combine that with the fact that aluminum fatigues under load (unlike steel which has an indefinite fatigue life) and you will end up with a broken shifter while you're banging through the gears like an idiot ricer.

 

All I know DC had 2 versions of their short shifter. You must of maybe gotten the older version cause that was more common on the older ones. Just my 2 cents.

DaN

 

 

LOL! I broke my DC too.

 

Thats not the shifters fault, its the ****. It cross threaded on and got stuck, then you tried forcing it off. Call dc sports though, they will most likely give you a new one.