Short shift fitting

Post by **h8cak** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:12 am

So for the sake of 30 quid the ebay special is the way to go and it tightens up the shift as there are newer harder bushes in the pack

Post by **shineydave** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:41 pm

indeed, although i felt the more compliant standard bushes offered a more resiliant feel to the changes which retains the quality feel of the movement. i suppose in the end it's all down to personal choice

Post by **h8cak** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:36 pm

i suppose in the end it's all down to personal choice

Very true dave!

Post by **shineydave** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:36 pm

although if anyone wants to speak nicely to HobsonS4.......................

his dad has an engineering firm so he might, for a small consideration, be persuaded to knock up some of the nylon bushes one saturday morning in which case anyone wanting to do the mod could change the rubber bushes for some harder ones. just a thought

Post by **fil** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:42 pm

the ebay specials, is this the one? up to the job?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Audi-A4-A6-S4-VW- ... dZViewItem

Post by **Philws4** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:12 pm

fil wrote:the ebay specials, is this the one? up to the job?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Audi-A4-A6-S4-VW- ... dZViewItem

That's the one, put mine on about 8 months ago went for the middle setting and am very pleased with the result.

Post by **HobsonS4** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:36 pm

shineydave wrote:although if anyone wants to speak nicely to HobsonS4.......................

his dad has an engineering firm so he might, for a small consideration, be persuaded to knock up some of the nylon bushes one saturday morning in which case anyone wanting to do the mod could change the rubber bushes for some harder ones. just a thought

Thanx for the advertisment Dave, old man will be pleased! if anyone needs anything machining up sure enough we be able to do it for you

Post by **fil** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:38 pm

Philws4 wrote:
fil wrote:the ebay specials, is this the one? up to the job?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Audi-A4-A6-S4-VW- ... dZViewItem
That's the one, put mine on about 8 months ago went for the middle setting and am very pleased with the result.

well for £32 can only give it ago! just ordered one, and watched that 128mb video posted on fitting from the other threads on here

Post by **fil** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:50 pm

got it thismorning, not bad only 10/11 days after ordering, might get a chance to fit it in the morning.

tho there seems to be 3 bits missing that are in the pictures, can anyone advise?

cheers

Post by **Russ,greys4** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:54 pm

good luck! i lost it fitting mine! no patience at all.

Post by **MCB** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:51 pm

Fil, you will have those parts I think watch this great installation video on this site, large file but well worth a view prior to fitting your shifter.

https://shop.jhmotorsports.com/displayP ... tegoryId=3

Post by **fil** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:18 pm

MCB wrote:Fil, you will have those parts I think watch this great installation video on this site, large file but well worth a view prior to fitting your shifter.

https://shop.jhmotorsports.com/displayP ... tegoryId=3

cheers allready have, + burnt it to vcd, will have it on in the car, pause and rewind as i fit it

Post by **Blue_Thunder** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:23 pm

Just fitted my eBay special and had some fun with the install. I'm not the most practical of people, and there's nothing like a spot of DIY to remind me how impatient I am. Luckily for The Blue Thunder I intentionally took the hammer out of my tool box prior to going to the car.

Removed the centre console as it looked impossible to do the job without doing so(pre-facelift). That was the relatively easy part, although I did manage to snap the plastic surround that goes around the stereo/climate control. Oh, and now my stereo doesn't work either. I'll fire up another thread for help with that.

After watching the video and printing off the BM Racing instructions, the main job of removing the old shifter unit was pretty straight forward.

Had a few issues with the eBay special though when I was assembling the shifter:
a) I had to trim down one of the plastic bushes because it was badly machined and wouldn't go through far enough to allow the C-clip to be attached
b) The C-clips were naff and one of them just bent out of shape (trusty superglue now holds one of the bushes... but for how long???)
c) The circlip that came to hold the actual shaft in place was far too small to get on

Pretty happy with the results, although I am needing to get myself down to B&Q tomorrow to get a new circlip (damaged the old one whilst getting it off... DIY rage again!). Took me 4 hours, but that included removing and replacing the centre console. Not bad for a beginner!

Post by **h8cak** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:33 pm

Good work blue thunder!!! Ive now got the fitting down to 45 mins and 20 mins for a facelift

Post by **MarkB** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:38 pm

h8cak wrote:Good work blue thunder!!! Ive now got the fitting down to 45 mins and 20 mins for a facelift

Mines still in the door pocket so you can hone your skills at the meet

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