TWM short shifters

i went the 204 which is longer after the pivot ball aiming for a shorter throw.

TBH i have heard varying results iv since discovered a few who have installed the 205 shifter no problems. others have encurred the same problems as me in trying to use a 204 shifter. With the longer length after the pivot ball it fouls on the housing in 5th and reverse. The way our shifter housings are constructed there is only 2 solutions.

1. Take out the shifter housing and grind the cut out section a couple of mm wider.
This is not dangerous but uncredibly simpl and should solve the problem in the most effective manner.




2. raise the pivot ball mount. This on ours isnt simple today. Not in a reliable manner anyhow. With the design of our mechanism, the pivot ball on the gear lever sits inside a black plastic locator that "cups" the pivot ball. There is then a bracket that mounts over the top of the mechanism with 4 10mm bolts that stops the gear leaver from jumping out of the black locator. You can raise the clamping bracket with longer bolts and washers but you cannot raise the black locator effectively as it has 2 specific notches on the underside to locate and lock it into the mechanism.
With out rasing the pivot ball locator the gears will be sloppy, more prown to popping out effectively the probelm will still ramain.



Left is 162 shifter, right 204 shifter

 

i havent completed it i only dummy fitted it and havent had time to finish it. How ever whilst dummy fitted even though i hadnt cut it down yet the short was shorter but more importantly felt shorter. It simply hasnt been high on the prioritie lists unfortunately