HURST shifter improvements!

[gschnu]

Hi,

after having installed my Husrt short throw shifter on my GT I still felt it beeing to sloopy, especially on the sideway movements of the stick.
This can be heavily improved with two small additions:
1. Put a short piece of heat shrinking "tube" over the small ball at the and of the left handed pin that actuates the crossover lever for the left shifter cable. That reduces the gap between the small ball and the white plastic bushing thus reducing play in that direction.
2. Put a thin piece of plastic between the Hurst pivot housing and the black pivot socket itself, on the opposite side of the opening for the crossover lever actuator pin in the housing. This reduces the tendency of the pivot socket's gaps (which are necessary to slide the socket over the big ball oft the stick) to be pryed when the lever is moved sideways. That plastic material you use should not be too thick, otherwise the shift lever will be jammed in the pivot socket! For exact fit it is recommended to cut the plastic in an "E" shape to fill the space between the pivot housing and the socket as good as possible.

This improves precision of the shifter very much.

Because of my weak English, I add two pictures as attachments. Second picture (updated) shows the approximate shape of the plastic material.

[CREWZIN]

Thanks for your input. Hopefully it will help anyone with the same sloppy Hurst shifter.

[gschnu]

Good morning over the big lake!

Allthough I saw some postings here saying not the best on the Hurst shifter, I had to have one!
When I had it installed, I had to agree with the guys, who said "Not much change", "unprecise", even ...not worth the money spent" etc.

But I liked the shifter for its looks and wanted to keep it. Now it does what it sould be made for!

BTW: Can anyone tell me the difference between the Hurst shifter kits for the GT (Hurst # 391 4032) and for the non aspriated 2.4 (Hurst # 391 4030)? Are they only different in the shift pattern of the included knob, or are there other differences too?

Georg

[Chromenut]

While we're asking questions about that, does anyone know if the 4032 kit fits the '06 GT? Seems a lot changed in '06 and I'd hate to waste the money...

[gschnu]

Yes, it will fit!