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I Just Happen To Have an Old Style Shifter I Had Saved. I Knew Something Looked amiss on Your Picture. There Should Be a Nut on The Bracket. It Has Rusted Off! Might Be Able To Drill Out Replace With Machine Bolt if It's Not Tight Enough As Is!
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From: Carnegie, PA
Originally Posted by jallen670
I stand corrected on something I posted early in this thread. Rick’s 2005’s shifter is likely original and not swapped out by the previous owner. I now understand why he noted boring out the White Madness shifter to fit the larger diameter post. I dissected my 2006 shifter and found it does not match the pic I re-posted of the square plastic stump. It would appear early S197s likely had a different design where the plastic block was part of the T-handle (Pic 1). Mine is an early 2006 (mfg 8/05), so there had to be a revision sometime after that. This earlier design, it’s worth noting, is a 2-piece design, where the linkage bracket is stamped steel and is screwed onto the plastic body of the shifter (Pic 2). On mine, this screw had backed out several threads, which probably explains the sloppiness I was feeling. I was attributing this to the mostly plastic design, but that’s probably not the case, as the 2010 has even more plastic, though with its one-piece design, the linkage bracket is part of the main housing. Anyway, for Rick, or anyone who still has this original design on their car, it’d be worth checking that screw if your shifter action is feeling spongy (Pic 3).
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Thanks for both the update and also for clarifying on modifying the 2005 shifter... Much appreciated!
Wow this is awesome. I really like when people customize thier cars like this.
I too was not a fan of the T style gear shifter my car came with, so I swapped in the 2010 one T shifter for a while. Didn't like that either so I swapped it again for the 2014 one. My car is a 06 GT.
Looks a lot better IMHO.
Again awesome job on your custom shifter looks great.
Wow this is awesome. I really like when people customize thier cars like this.
I too was not a fan of the T style gear shifter my car came with, so I swapped in the 2010 one T shifter for a while. Didn't like that either so I swapped it again for the 2014 one. My car is a 06 GT.
Looks a lot better IMHO.
Again awesome job on your custom shifter looks great.
