Short gear stick

[Callyuk]

One thing I have noticed in my limited time driving the 2 is how long the gear stick is. Is it possible to cut it down at all? i have from feeling under the gator that the shaft itself isn't straight so not sure if simply cutting down the original start is possible. I'm sure someone must have done this sort of thing though so ideas would be greatly appreciated. Only need to be about an inch low I would think

[Topdownman]

There is an ebay short shift kit but it is not to everyones liking, especially on the 6 speed.

You can no doubt try out a few at Ding Day!

[Callyuk]

It's not the travel length that I don't like it's the height that the gear stick comes up. Not sure if that's what the kit does that your referring to or if it cuts down on travel length

[J03]

Alternatively, if you have access to a grinder & a tap/die set, you could take an inch or so off the OEM & then cut some new threads.

[Callyuk]

Alternatively, if you have access to a grinder & a tap/die set, you could take an inch or so off the OEM & then cut some new threads.

That's exactly what my thoughts are but with the bends in the stick wasn't sure if it was possible

[J03]

There's plenty to go at before the kink 

Sorry for the low quality pic, but gives you an idea...

[Callyuk]

There's plenty to go at before the kink 

Sorry for the low quality pic, but gives you an idea...

Picture not displaying on my iPad but I'm sure once I get the gaiter off I will see now that I know it can be done

[J03]

Direct link... https://imgur.com/GstYPF8

[Callyuk]

Direct link... https://imgur.com/GstYPF8

Link doesn't work either 

[m1tch]

Fit a short shiftier - makes a huge difference!

[Call the midlife!]

The short shifters change the character of the gearchange too much for a lot of people, makes it hard work, ironically there are cage mounts available to raise the height of the lever for some applications.
Get the grinder out!


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[Carolyn]

From what I've heard, the short-shifters that are a complete cage and mechanism are much better, but hard to get hold of.

TRD ones now cost hundreds (I've seen them for £400!), but are lovely to use and give a shorter stick.

Cutting yours down will be an interesting experiment, but you will need a different knob.

[shnazzle]

Mine's a cut-down. Wasn't a drastic difference obviously as the throw is still the same.
At some point I will do the trick where you knock the pivot ball up the stick to make the throw shorter.
I just don't look forward to that pin that holds the pivot ball down....

[J03]

Mine's a cut-down. Wasn't a drastic difference obviously as the throw is still the same.
At some point I will do the trick where you knock the pivot ball up the stick to make the throw shorter.
I just don't look forward to that pin that holds the pivot ball down....

Don't forget you'll need to raise the cage height as well if moving the pivot point 

[shnazzle]

Mine's a cut-down. Wasn't a drastic difference obviously as the throw is still the same.
At some point I will do the trick where you knock the pivot ball up the stick to make the throw shorter.
I just don't look forward to that pin that holds the pivot ball down....

Don't forget you'll need to raise the cage height as well if moving the pivot point 

Yes indeed. A few big washers under my bigfoot mounts should do the trick

[Callyuk]

From what I've heard, the short-shifters that are a complete cage and mechanism are much better, but hard to get hold of.

TRD ones now cost hundreds (I've seen them for £400!), but are lovely to use and give a shorter stick.

Cutting yours down will be an interesting experiment, but you will need a different knob.

Changing my nob is first on the list of things to do 

[Callyuk]

Mine's a cut-down. Wasn't a drastic difference obviously as the throw is still the same.
At some point I will do the trick where you knock the pivot ball up the stick to make the throw shorter.
I just don't look forward to that pin that holds the pivot ball down....

I'm not looking for a shorter throw just don't like my nob being so far in the air

[Mikeymead]

Well I have cut an inch of a spare one that I have got and re-tapped the thread. also cut a groove lower down just before the kink and used a E-clip instead of the plastic retainer for the gaiter. I reckon I can still use the original gear knob. Saying that I haven't tried fitting it yet.
Did have an ebay short shifter for a while, liked it at first then got fed up with it.(reverse was a right pain to get and change was quite notchy). Found that the standard shifter with solid mounts and bearings on the cable ends gives a nice light gear change so hoping the the shortened standard shifter on the same mounts will be a nice compromise.   

[8thumpers]

The best improvement on changing gear is all down to the Knob changing gear!

[Callyuk]

I'm not looking at improving the gear change the knob changing gear is just fine. This is purely about looks and feel