Passed with flying colors today! Made downshifting a snap!
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http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showthread.php?t=66342

 

How are the new bushings coming?

 

just called to get an update and the tooling is done now and prototypes are being made up for shipment tomorrow. if everything looks good we should have pieces next week.


ALSO NOTE!!!!!!!!!!!

i have had one occurrnece where a shifter customer actually bent the linkage arm on the bottom of the shifter. he has stated that he only had the linkage screwed out 8 turns and slammed a gear hard in a race and bent it.

i do not feel this is an common issue but am concerned and would like to just give you guys some warning or headsup to make sure you do not have the shifter linkage adjusted out too far if power shifting. i am going to lengthen the center shaft and probably back down the max turns to 10 just to be safe. but i put a pry bar on one here assembled and it was VERY sturdy. i do not know how he bent it


regards
george

 

Wow. If mine didnt bend after 8 runs on the strip and on track day with some pertty insane downshifting, its not gonna bend. 10 turns out.

 

Well it had to happen... Build a better shifter and they go and build a better idiot!

 

That's technology.

 

WOW !! thats a bit harsh as i do not know the details and i am sure it was not the fault of the owner. it may have just been a bad piece of stainless that had a weak spot in it. he was very understanding of the issue and i am sorry it happened. it will just make me make the shifter that much beefier by knowing that this could have even happened at all.

regards
george

 

That's why I put the there George... It is paraphrasing a line that people who program a lot use... "I made it idiot proof... And then they build a better idiot!"
or as we used to say in the Navy... "There is no such thing as sailor proof!"

 

oh sorry did not get that .

regards
george

 

George , recently my shift **** was turning and it's after market so I thought the set screws had loosened up. However when I took the **** off , I discovered that it was the handle turning. I guess the set screws on the clamp had loosened and the rubber isolator was turning inside the metal sleeve that is around it. The sleeve has a slot in it , I guess so it will close around the isolator , and I put this towards the front and not the back where the opening in the clamp is. I then torqued it down really good and it no longer turns , but when the car heats up I get a squeaking sound when I shift. Do you think this has something to do with the isolator or could it be the springs inside the shifter need more grease ? Thanks ...

 

the squeaking sound is the bushings that we are redoing. they are just too tight of tolerance and when they get hot expand and squeak and bind a little. if you have the stock bushings put them in for now. the new ones should be in soon.

regards
george

 

Now this I would be all over....

 

+1

 

hey GEORGE,,,any photos of your new shift ***** you are making???

 

Subscribing...

 

I just ordered and received the standard MGW shift ****.

Just that **** is 10x better then stock. Combine that know with the MGW shifter, I am happy as a pig in mud. (feel free to substitute mud)

 

Pictures?

 

Any update on the shifter bushings?

 

Hey george any response on the concept shift **** setup?? I'm dying to find out about this!!

 

i should be done with the prototype **** this week and willp ost pics. and yes that pic looks VERY familiar

also the bushings ARE approved and in production. i am hoping to have some this week but they are running. it will not be long now.


regards
george