So as some of you know I will converting my car to a manual this summer. I don't have any extra money to spend on a B&M shifter so I figured instead of using the stock semi truck shifter I will cut it.

This is a mini how to because I don't have the pics/howto on how to remove the shifter. I do know it consists of removing the shifter trim/**** and going underneath the car to remove the bolt that connects the sifter to the shift rods. This can be found in the FSM with generic pics.

I cut about 2 inches off. I used my bench grinder to make it a similar shape as stock. I used a hack saw to cut the rod.



Make sure when you are grinding it you use even motions to keep it smooth and strait.

 

Next you will want to get a 10x1.25mm DIE. Get some oil and start threading, make sure you go back and forth many times to keep the metal particles from getting stuck in the threads.



This part is optional but I figured i'd do it anyways:

I lightly sanded and painted the rod tip so it looks similar to stock.


Total cost of the mod:
FREE!

I will have pics of it installed in the car in a month or so. But this should give you a good idea of how to do it. It will sit roughly 2inches lower so that is a plus.

O so likes teh swapz be donez yoO

 

niccccccccccccccccccccccccceeee.. keep us updated on the install.. im plannnig on swapping sometime or another

 

man, i should have threaded mine so that i dont have to use the stupid little screws to hold the **** in. they come loose every other week or so...nice work

 

dont lie, you know thats a 20 dollar die.
waiting for installed pics. **** nvm it'll be summer lol.

 

Ghetto fabulous, that grinding job doesnt look very straight hope your shifter **** doesnt sit crooked. I considered doing this too but my synchros are rough as it is dont need the shift to be any tougher (it will be by the way)

 

Shifter sits perfectly strait, it is just in the pics on one side it looks like there is a dip but its really not(threads are just smaller there)

 

If using an aftermarket **** that uses set screwes, you dont even need to remove the shifter fromt he car. Cut off how much you want to loose with a hack saw, and install the new ****. 10 minute job!

 

Universal FTL!

 

I am impressed with the die and stock look.

 

Nice work Kevlo.. Perhaps I'll cut my PS STS and raise it up a bit. The best of looks and functionality.

 

wow I just did it couple of hours ago and it went very well.

How about putting this in the stickies?

 

gtfo.. lol

 

nice semi write up. looks real good. but i gotta ask...whats up with the avitar? lol

 

ur wild.....lol

 

any pics yet of it installed in your car?

 

You realize this is not actually a shorter throw, just a shortened shifter rod right...?

(PS I mentioned this mainly for the newblets.. )

 

I know it isn't a real STS just a cut version to make it look like a STS.

Well I'm still waiting on the pics.

 

Read the THREAD. It will be another month or so before he installs it in the car.

 

shorter rod = shorter throw, just not by as much as an sts.

i'm sure you knew that, but i figured we should be clear for the newblets

 

Yes, it IS a shorter throw. By shortening the length of the rod, you shorten the distance that the top of the rod travels during a gear change.

Now, this is not the same as a conventional STS, which also lengthens the action rod below the pivot point, but it DOES actually shorten the throw.

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showpost.ph...5&postcount=16

 

No cool kevlo pics in those threads = no care!


BTW, I ordered my AE clutch and tranny rebuild kit

 

I support this thread....and await a review of how it feels.

 

You are right, technically the arc length at the shifter head is a little bit shorter. I was just thinking only in terms of the total swept angle, and pivot point... which doesn't change like with a true STS. In terms of shifter feel, a true STS will be a much bigger change...

Of course I should have posted that ^^^ instead of just saying "shorter throw," brain fart to write it the way I did - was at work and not paying enough attention and now I've got egg on my face. lol.

Sorry. Carry on...

 

I think that we (the whole thread) have combined to make a collective understanding that this is a shorter throw, but not as much as an STS would be, and that it will not even remotely feel like an STS- but that it might LOOK like an STS.

 

I just cut my shifter today and used a universal shift **** just like that one link due to the factory one had the leather peeling. I like it. Cut about 3-3.5" and it feels fine, it doesnt feel as fragile as the stock feeling did.

 

When I bought my shifter for my 5spd swap, it was previously cut, and to attach my shift **** to it I had to wrap the top of the shifter rod and jam my shift **** on to it. Once in a while it fell off but now I did what Kelvo did and it's a lot better.

 

if anyone wants to try this, i have a spare shift rod that was cut by the previous owner that i'll let go for a cheap price.

 

good job kevlo, looks factory with the black paint.

 

i did this a couple years ago and the throw feels noticably shorter.

also mine is 2 1/2 inches lower than kevlos and i have a 01 tranny so the shift feel is smooth and the shifter sits farther back in the pic

 

Been a month

Swap is coming soon, here are some teaser pics

 

funky fresh kevlo

 

looks good cant wait

 

Shifter in Neutral


How it sits when shifter is in 3rd


Swap is all done :

 

Gorgeous. That shift **** sitting inside of a GLE dash kit is like guilty pleasure.

 

By the way isn't there two different types of shifter for our 4th gen? Like there is a bend or two on the newer 4th gen compared to the 95-96?

Kelvo which one did you use?

 

i did the same thing to my shifter last year, i thought i was the only one who would think of it. i must admit you went above and beyond by grindning and rethreading, i didnt think to do that. where did you get that nismo shift *** at? thats sharp looking.

 

Dunno, I used a 96 shifter.



I got the **** from the Nissan dealer.

 

how much did the **** cost?