I fitted the in car shifter a few weeks ago and that certainly felt better than the old one,
although on close inspection, the old one looked like it had been replaced not that many
miles ago.
It took a lot more than just removing the rear wheel to remove the old linkage however.
I had remove the rear box, bend the heat shield ( no way were those bolts coming oot!),
and the fun really started
With the rubber boot out the way the three bolts holding on the linkage all came off
fairly easily, what would not budge was the main part of the linkage on the actual
shaft going into the nearside of the box. It took 2 hours and and speedo sender
unit (anyone got a spare to sell?). I had to resort to a crowbar before it finally
came off. There was lots of movement/wear in the bushings.
The new short shift all went on without any trouble after I'd cleaned everything up
and loctited the bolts back on. The shift feels really nice and nuggety and still has
a reasonable amount of throw and not too heavy.
Of course I've no idea how fast I was travelling at....
KennyP
