$2.80 short shifter

[Chaos_cb7]

I got creative today and put together a cheap DIY short shifter. Works pretty good for what it is. It took quit a bit of throw off my shifter which it needed badly since its like rowing a boat shifting through the gears.

[andy5.0]

please god tell me you didnt cut and duct tape the shifter back together :shock: .....you can BUY a new short throw off ebay for like 10 bucks man... :smack

[Chaos_cb7]

please god tell me you didnt cut and duct tape the shifter back together :shock: .....you can BUY a new short throw off ebay for like 10 bucks man... :smack

lol no the tape is there just to add a little more assurance the metal bracket wont move on me. I simply moved the attachment point for the cable up i didn't shorten the shifter. The accord shifters sit really low and if it was any lower id have to lean forward to shift into 1st 3rd and 5th. I just wanted a shorter throw not a shorter stick.

They don't really make any good short throw shifters for cb7s. i could get a prelude one but there a lot more then $2.80 and they usually shorten the shifter.

[Chaos_cb7]

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[andy5.0]

awwww...ok i see what u did now... makes sense...it just looked different in the pic ( Guess I wasnt looking at it right..lol)...thats cool that you thought of that idea...hope it works well! 8)

[Chaos_cb7]

awwww...ok i see what u did now... makes sense...it just looked different in the pic ( Guess I wasnt looking at it right..lol)...thats cool that you thought of that idea...hope it works well! 8)

i didn't think of it someone else did a long time ago. its an old DIY on cb7tuner.com. If you do a search for short shifters on eBay for 90 93 accords all you will get are short shifter adapters which are basically just the same thing i made just made with aluminum.

[RallyEX]

[quote="andy5.0":f0a47]awwww...ok i see what u did now... makes sense...it just looked different in the pic ( Guess I wasnt looking at it right..lol)...thats cool that you thought of that idea...hope it works well! 8)

i didn't think of it someone else did a long time ago. its an old DIY on cb7tuner.com. If you do a search for short shifters on eBay for 90 93 accords all you will get are short shifter adapters which are basically just the same thing i made just made with aluminum.[/quote:f0a47]

Everything in Honda/Acura's subcompact line has gone this route as well (from linkages to cables). Several companies make short shift adapters like the DIY seen above for the same purpose. Hopefully what you did there stays together.

One of the problems I've noticed with the DIY shift adapters is that the shift distance between gears is different. I.E. Neutral to 1st, 3rd and 5th are 1 inch and distance to 2nd, 4th and Reverse are 2 inches or vice versa.

You can buy short shifters with a shorter rod and raised pin to achieve the same goal as was found here, just more engineered and more expensive. The only issue I see is what happens if it comes loose while your are driving?

[Chaos_cb7]

cant really image it coming apart. The nylon lock nuts would have to move quit a bit before that mettle bracket would even start to slide down and they would have to almost come clean off for me not to be able to shift and i would notice that the shifter was sloppy long before that.

I haven't noticed there being any difference in length of throws. The only thing that's really noticeable now is that instead of the shifter sliding up and then popping into gear its now just popping right in gear. I was fighting with it for a while in my driveway because i thought my shifter was being stubborn and not wanting to go into reverse like it dose sometimes but it was already in gear. The distance the shifter traveled before it popped into gear is about how far i have to move it now to put it in gear.

If i moved it up to where the shifter starts to bend it might mess with it but any further up then where i have it now and it rubs the center console.