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srbarker0422
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 Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 12:09 pm Post subject: Shift Coupler for 1969 VW Bug |
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| Looking for the best place to get a "Sturdy" Shift coupler with rubber inserts and set screw |
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KTPhil 
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 12:11 pm Post subject: Re: Shift Coupler for 1969 VW Bug |
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| No recommendation, but... keep all your old parts. The new metal parts generally suck, and the old ones don't usually wear out, just the rubber. Avoid urethane unless you like noise. |
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toxicavenger70
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 1:19 pm Post subject: Re: Shift Coupler for 1969 VW Bug |
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Glenn
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 1:27 pm Post subject: Re: Shift Coupler for 1969 VW Bug |
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| srbarker0422 wrote: |
| Looking for the best place to get a "Sturdy" Shift coupler with rubber inserts and set screw |
How about a NOS one? PM me if interested.
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Cusser
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:28 pm Post subject: Re: Shift Coupler for 1969 VW Bug |
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My rubber parts were bad on my 1970 back in 2017
I ordered a brand-new one, but the opening was too small to fit over the end. So I used the rubber parts in my original cage. Amazing how someone or some shop just trying to copy a part and messing up so badly.....pretty embarrassing !!!
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DesertSasquatchXploration
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:40 am Post subject: Re: Shift Coupler for 1969 VW Bug |
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My rubber parts were bad on my 1970 back in 2017
I ordered a brand-new one, but the opening was too small to fit over the end. So I used the rubber parts in my original cage. Amazing how someone or some shop just trying to copy a part and messing up so badly.....pretty embarrassing !!!
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Did the same New steel parts were junk just stole the new rubber bits rest went right in the circular file. Love those EMPI parts  |
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BMFBMF
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2023 3:26 pm Post subject: Re: Shift Coupler for 1969 VW Bug |
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That NOS looks more like new Mexican original VW. I bought one of those (with the Audi symbol, the old ones don't have , and the terrible bashed out end of the inner tube...) and consider myself lucky to have been able to reuse the rubbers. Even the set screw was drilled at an angle. Terrible.
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DesertSasquatchXploration
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:18 pm Post subject: Re: Shift Coupler for 1969 VW Bug |
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| The shift coupler is that one place red urethane works great. Use it with the factory housing. |
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Glenn
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RLFD213
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2023 8:58 pm Post subject: Re: Shift Coupler for 1969 VW Bug |
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| The billet that Glenn posted is worth every cent. The other cages are garbage. I’m just running a regular shifter with the bullet and an EMPI short shift kit and it’s great. |
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jeffrey8164
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| Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2023 7:16 pm Post subject: Re: Shift Coupler for 1969 VW Bug |
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I'm using the Rhino version from CB Performance.
https://www.cbperformance.com/product-p/6110.htm
Works really well but we'll all have to wait to see how it is in 50 years.
The billet one looks nice but how much vibration gets transferred to the shift lever?
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DesertSasquatchXploration
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| Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:30 am Post subject: Re: Shift Coupler for 1969 VW Bug |
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| Like a shifting a palm sander. |
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heimlich
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| Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:40 am Post subject: Re: Shift Coupler for 1969 VW Bug |
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NOS is not always the same. West German parts are the best. Followed by Germany and then early Brazilian/Mexican. You can compare West German to Brazilian and the Brazilian will look awful. You can compare Brazilian with stuff made now and the Brazilian will look like gold.
The $9 one was most recently made. If you look at the screw it is not so great but the pads are wonderful. The other one is about 20 years older
Does the billet one have metal on metal wear?
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Glenn
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| Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 1:44 pm Post subject: Re: Shift Coupler for 1969 VW Bug |
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NOS is not always the same. West German parts are the best. Followed by Germany and then early Brazilian/Mexican. You can compare West German to Brazilian and the Brazilian will look awful. You can compare Brazilian with stuff made now and the Brazilian will look like gold.
The $9 one was most recently made. If you look at the screw it is not so great but the pads are wonderful. The other one is about 20 years older
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Makes sense.
Some people include parts not made by VW as NOS if they are old. I've even seen currently available stuff listed as NOS.
The price difference is understandable.
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heimlich
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| Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 4:37 pm Post subject: Re: Shift Coupler for 1969 VW Bug |
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Some people include parts not made by VW as NOS if they are old. I've even |
I've seen this conversation many times.
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DesertG
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| Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 7:36 pm Post subject: Re: Shift Coupler for 1969 VW Bug |
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NOS is not always the same. West German parts are the best. Followed by Germany and then early Brazilian/Mexican. You can compare West German to Brazilian and the Brazilian will look awful. You can compare Brazilian with stuff made now and the Brazilian will look like gold.
The $9 one was most recently made. If you look at the screw it is not so great but the pads are wonderful. The other one is about 20 years older
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Sir, will the pads in the $9 one fit snuggly in a 50 year old original coupler. Thank you
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Cusser
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| Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 8:11 pm Post subject: Re: Shift Coupler for 1969 VW Bug |
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| Sir, will the pads in the $9 one fit snuggly in a 50 year old original coupler. Thank you |
That's what I did on mine, as the brand new shift coupler on the right was too small to fit over the shift rod. One might think that to copy an original German part would not be rocket science, but one can readily see the difference here.
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heimlich
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| Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 8:28 pm Post subject: Re: Shift Coupler for 1969 VW Bug |
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If you have the original coupler and it is not damaged or bent I'd take the pads from the $9 one and put them into the original coupler. The older couplers are better.
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