AAGH, shift lever- the custom ss thread! Options

[uberschall]

i'm trying to make a short shifter, per mywhite94celicagt's how-to,

http://www.6gc.net/howto/make_custom_short_shifter

and i've hit a couple of issues. i pm'ed him a few days back and he hasn't gotten back to me, so i figured i'd ask everyone else.

does anybody know what size/length the pin pressed into the side of the ball is? (the one that holds it in place on the lever)

i've drilled well past the o.d. of the main lever, and it still won't move when i smack the top of it with a punch.

help!


EDIT: i figured it out, see below. this will now be my thread for progress on the project. the goal is a functional short shifter for a paltry 15 bucks.
that's using a spare, you could do it to your own FO' FREE. i'll have a spare, who knows...maybe i'll make another and sell it!

EDIT TWO: really, i just want to spread the love. this is a pretty easy mod you can save yourself at least $40 by doing.

This post has been edited by uberschall: Oct 3, 2006 - 11:02 PM

[uberschall]

UPDATE!!!

i have done some post-op work, in the form of installing 5mm washers under the left-side mounts.

i thought the shifter sat a little too far to the left, and the washers have PERFECTED it.

the problem, i believe, was that in spite of my best efforts to align it, i welded the arm a little cockeyed...or at least it looks that way compared to the stock lever in the picture above.

needless to say, the moral of the story is: make sure the thing is dead-nuts!

maybe i'll post some pictures later.