TenToesDown

This is a small write up on how to make a simple short shifter for your cable shifted vehicle.

As with most of the modifications I do to my car, I did this wanting to keep the original parts untouched. So if I ever had to, I could put it back to stock in under 10 minutes.
I know it doesn't look the best, but this take about an hour to do, and you can notice the difference afterwards.

Materials:
Steel brackets (I used aluminum in the pictures just to get the correct sizes)
3 Bolts (Only 1 needs to be able to go through the cable loop, the other two can be any size to fit your own design)
7 Washers
3 Nuts





Step 1:

Cut your steel sheet into a strip about 1.5" x 4"
The you can either drill holes every 1mm apart, or have a open center, similar to the Revo short shifter.

At the top of the strip you want to drill two holes, about 3mm apart.

(Note: because I was using aluminum, I doubled my strip for increased rigidity)





Step 2:

Cut another strip of metal, this one will be used to form a collar for the shift stick.
I used a transmission bolt to get the inner diameter.
On the collar you want to drill two holes at the end also 3mm apart.
These holes should line up with the ones made on the previous strip in order to keep it parallel with the shift stick.





Step 3:

Remove the shifter shrouding from your car and remove the linkage.
Add a washer, then your metal strip, then another washers, to take up the slack from the linkage.



Step 4:

Install the linkage at the height that you want it at.
I did this one as: Nut > Washer > Linkage > Washer > Metal Strip > Washer





Step 5:

Now, slid your collar over the shift stick, and secure it at the top of the metal strip.
I did this as: Nut > Washer > Metal Strip > Washer

(Note: I kept all the bolts lose, until I made sure everything fit before tightening)













That's it!

At this point, make sure that the metal strip is parallel with your shift stick and that everything functions properly.

(NOTE: Because this is a cheap way to do this, I did not angle my metal strip. Normally short shifters angle the link connector outwards to keep the original position of neutral.

Because of the way I did it, my 3rd gear is still in the same position but my 4th gear is now where my neutral was and my neutral is halfway in between 3rd and 4th. So in the picture above, my car is actually in 4th gear.)

lilrob1213

I know this is an older thread, but I was wondering if it's possible to make an angled version of this homemade short shifter to keep neutral where it is on the stock setup?