DIY: Revo SS (short shifter) stiffening, $0.98
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DIY: Revo SS (short shifter) stiffening, $0.98
Okay so I've been considering this for about 3 years but never really got around to it. I really wasn't sold on the usefulness of that little packet of washers and pins and bushings that people have been using to stiffen up the play in their Revo short shifters. After taking my center console apart and really looking at what is causing the wobbliness of the shifter, I concluded that it really couldn't be fixed by any number or washers or bushings.
True these kits may help the play in a little way, but I still think there is an inherent looseness in the shift **** itself. This would at times cause me to mis-shift but fortunately over the years only grind gears 2 times or so.
Maybe I have a defective or severely beaten on RevoSS (I bought it used), but even in neutral, my the shift **** seems to have a lot of play side to side.
I stared at what parts were moving with this side to side motion, and it's actually this metal /plastic bolt near the bottom of the shifter on the left side. Anyway, I spent 15 minutes at Loews (you can probably go to Home Depot too) looking for what could tighten up all this free play, and I found some plastic table guards for table legs. It costed me $0.98 total!
Anyway enough talking on to my ghetto rig DIY.
Tools Needed:
Chair Tips
Razor
Duct tape
Screwdriver to take apart center console.
Chair Tips: 5/8 inch.
1. Take apart center console. (you should already know how to do this if you have a Revo SS kit).
2. Trim down chair tip into a sort of tooth fashion. I had to shorten the whole chair tip by cutting a full 6mm or so off the open end before crafting these two prongs with a razor.
3. Insert pronged plug into socket on left middle side of shifter assembly. I chose to have the prong on the bottom since it will shorten the distance of the looseness when shifting in first or second. Statistically speaking, we shift more into first and second gears than fifth or reverse. True I could have carved the plastic to have prongs on both sides, top AND bottom, but since the plastic is kind of thick, I would have to thin it down to be able to make two prongs fit in the area of free play. I was impatient to see results. LOL.
4. Wipe down greased area around the plug with wet soapy cloth and let dry. This is to allow duct tape to stick to keep plastic plug in place. Cover with duct tape. Big pimpin ghetto rig. HAHA.
5. Reassemble center console and enjoy stiffer less wobbly shift ****!
Here's a before and after video.
True these kits may help the play in a little way, but I still think there is an inherent looseness in the shift **** itself. This would at times cause me to mis-shift but fortunately over the years only grind gears 2 times or so.
Maybe I have a defective or severely beaten on RevoSS (I bought it used), but even in neutral, my the shift **** seems to have a lot of play side to side.
I stared at what parts were moving with this side to side motion, and it's actually this metal /plastic bolt near the bottom of the shifter on the left side. Anyway, I spent 15 minutes at Loews (you can probably go to Home Depot too) looking for what could tighten up all this free play, and I found some plastic table guards for table legs. It costed me $0.98 total!
Anyway enough talking on to my ghetto rig DIY.
Tools Needed:
Chair Tips
Razor
Duct tape
Screwdriver to take apart center console.
Chair Tips: 5/8 inch.
1. Take apart center console. (you should already know how to do this if you have a Revo SS kit).
2. Trim down chair tip into a sort of tooth fashion. I had to shorten the whole chair tip by cutting a full 6mm or so off the open end before crafting these two prongs with a razor.
3. Insert pronged plug into socket on left middle side of shifter assembly. I chose to have the prong on the bottom since it will shorten the distance of the looseness when shifting in first or second. Statistically speaking, we shift more into first and second gears than fifth or reverse. True I could have carved the plastic to have prongs on both sides, top AND bottom, but since the plastic is kind of thick, I would have to thin it down to be able to make two prongs fit in the area of free play. I was impatient to see results. LOL.
4. Wipe down greased area around the plug with wet soapy cloth and let dry. This is to allow duct tape to stick to keep plastic plug in place. Cover with duct tape. Big pimpin ghetto rig. HAHA.
5. Reassemble center console and enjoy stiffer less wobbly shift ****!
Here's a before and after video.
Last edited by armieo; Aug 18, 2008 at 05:56 AM.
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heh this is the second diy i have read tonight that involved those leg thingers...man those things are useful
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Haha i'm kidding. 
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