TheSamba.com :: View topic - Re-engineered gear shifter, check out my Video

Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:53 am

Vanagoneer wrote: Tontie, will this work just as well on a 5-speed diesel?

I believe that's what he's running in the video, though I don't know if there are any significant differences between his and your set-ups.

Tontie wrote: 1.9TD AAZ on a 5 speed box which very sick, can't use first.
The bracket at the gearbox fit 4 & 5 speed boxes & the bracket in the cab has designs for petrol & diesel floor pans.

Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:29 pm

Yes it is on a 5 speed diesel.

Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:21 pm

I've never been introduced to cable shifting before, though I'm a complete sucker for these types of upgrades, and two questions come to mind.

It's mentioned earlier that this is intended to give a car-like feel, and someone states they wish these would have come from the factory. Is this something found on modern cars? I've never stopped to think what modern cars use for shifting linkage.

Given that they are the best darn cables known to man, do they stretch at all? Over time? Initially? Are there going to be occasional adjustments to make to take out slack? Thanks.

Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:02 pm

Nice work.

Is this for 2wd only, or Syncro as well? It's not clear from the thread...

Robyn

Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:12 pm

Looks like good quality cables:

The shifter mount seems to require some more finessing.

Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:17 pm

That thing is really really cool.

Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:35 pm

Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:03 am

"Given that they are the best darn cables known to man, do they stretch at all? Over time? Initially? Are there going to be occasional adjustments to make to take out slack? Thanks."

These cables will be fit & forget. Their constuction is such that at the working loads they will see in this application there will be no stretch. They are designed to work happily at push loads of 210 lbs, I am measuring less than 40 lbs going through the cable.

"Is this something found on modern cars?"

Yes quiet a lot in Europe.

"Is this for 2wd only, or Syncro as well? It's not clear from the thread..."

Hopefully Syncro's as well, but we need to do a fit & function.

"The shifter mount seems to require some more finessing."

Prototype on the film, 2nd generation being made. 3rd generation with boot in my head.

"why?"

I guess you have a good linkage, mine was getting really bad. I design cable gearshifts for trucks & buses, so it was just something I wanted to do & to share.[/b]

Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:20 am

Tontie wrote:
"why?"

I guess you have a good linkage, mine was getting really bad.

I have an auto ;) Tontie wrote: I design cable gearshifts for trucks & buses, so it was just something I wanted to do & to share.

that makes more sense. very cool indeed.