Diy Floor Shifter Shaft

Cut the head off one and ground on it so it would fit into the other bolts head quick weld job made it a double ended pre threaded rod.

Diy floor shifter shaft.

I will take it apart cut off the top 1 3 and then reassemble it with the stem turned 180 degrees. It looks like there is a shift shaft retainer clip that you pop out to pull it apart. For an adjustable length rod used 2 long allen bolts. Once the floor s opened up you can connect the lever to the floor shifter and then the cable to the lever.

A column shifter is located on the steering column of your automobile usually on the right side. Shiftworks conversion kits allow you to keep your factory shifter and enable it to work perfectly with an upgraded transmission. You can replace your column shifter with a floor shifter in less than eight hours. If you are modifying your car and want to change from a column shifter to a floor shifter the job is as simple as changing a few levers.

If you would rather buy a nice short throw shifter base please visit the core shifters website. Depending on how close your floor is to the trans an automatic floor shifter isn t going to sit low. I got rid of the plastic cover and hollowed out a 20 dollar quick change cover to replace it. Making a custom shifter.

The column shifter design was a far cry from the positive feel of the direct top cover shifter. After everything s connected the cable needs to be secured. Swade41 mar 21 2016. I modified an s10 short throw shifter for this project.

In my shoebox i m using a floor shifter out of a volvo wagon bolts on the floor cut and extended the arm so that it ended with the rod holes as parallel and level with the arm on the trannyas possible. With kits for everything from a th350 to a new 6l80e these are sure to leave you shifting with a smile whatever your application.