Removing the gear stick in a R33 Gts-t

[Guest klayman]

Hey all, like the subject says ^

I want to get the gear stick out to take to a place to be shortened and put back together, the thing is it will be cheaper for me to take it out and put it back in rather then paying someone else for their time to do it.

Ive taken off the knob, ripped up the interior, removed the leather and all the layers/brackets going down to the top of the box, until I got to what seemed like the last of the cover which was zip tied on (I didnt bother removing it as I dont have any zip ties to put it back on afterwards at the moment.

anyway the question is whats involved in removing just the stick, is there anything I have to be careful of as I dont really wanna destory anything or bump something out of place

any help or info on it is appreciated, thanks in advance.

[51jay]

there is alarge circlip which you need to be careful with other than that it is simple and you can see what needs to be done as you go. Please post or pm me the end result of your shortening. I've got a C's short shifter but I was thinking about shortening the lever a little.

[fatz]

putting in a short throuh. you have to put in a spacer plate. this involves removng the six bolts that ontop of the gear box that hold the gear stick in place. getting the plate off is easy but when you put the space plate in and try to get the bolts in it just doest work. cant get the botz in. my one is a c's i think and he spacer late is about 1cm thick maybe two. if you spacer plate is less you might be able to bo it

easest way is to grop the gear box mount so you have more room to get into the allen keys and tighten the nuts up. if you dont drop the gear box mounts the easiest way to get to the lt two boltz is to come from underneath the car

pete

[51jay]

Fatz....had no problems fitting my C's, the kit had everything needed took me around 45 minutes. All done from the top

Klayman.... If you'r just shortening the top of the stick it is as I posted.....If you'r doing the bottom of it too, it is as Fatz posted you will need a spacer plate the right thickness and maybe longer bolts and maybe modify things to fit. That 's why the shop ones come in a kit.

[fatz]

yea if your just choppin the stick blow what i said

bit crude but it works

pete

[Guest klayman]

yeah im just looking at chopping the stick

as yet havnt tried taking it out but once I do and can see the thing then I can see where and how much I can cut.

thanks for the info, ill let yas know when I finally get around to it, ill take some pics too incase your curious.