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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 07:01 PM
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i heard people were having trouble with grinding second gear... did it get fixed? im sure it was just bad driving but i want to make sure first.
I just recenlty bought the stage II shifter and did not notice grinding, but is was a bit difficult to get into 2nd gear. Since then I replace both the based bushings, and the shifter cable bushings. This fixed the difficult 2nd gear issuse. These mods where done around a month or so ago and it feels and looks great! One of the best mods I have done so far!
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Glad to hear the shifter base and cable bushings helped out. Thank for the props!

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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 07:21 PM
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I just installed a Dr. Isotope short shifter (which by the way is very nice) and had to add what I already suspected before installing.

Removing the washer took about 30 seconds.. VERY easy with nothing but a screwdriver. The whole job takes less than an hour, even with letting my 10 year old do some of the work along the way. So dont let people scare you away with tales of a dremel (completely un-necessary). And if the washer breaks while prying it off, just use the new one, or if you for some reason dont have one, then you can buy them at ACE for about $.20

Just look things over before trying to muscle it apart. It is a very easy job.
Old Jan 28, 2007 | 09:16 PM
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^^ awesome...that makes me feel confident!
Old Feb 20, 2007 | 09:25 AM
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dam makes me want a short shifter.
Old Feb 20, 2007 | 02:00 PM
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I used 2 1/4 inch flathead screw drivers to remove "that" washer. I heated one up to get between the plastic and the washer for a decent bite. I then worked the other flat head around once I had a little room. The washer just popped off. Took about 1-2 mins.
Old Feb 22, 2007 | 10:37 PM
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apparently the trd shifter reduces throws without reducing shift height. So if you reduce the height of the trd shifter, then that would reduce the throws even more righhht?

Possible to install twn short shifter?
Old Feb 23, 2007 | 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by bash
I used 2 1/4 inch flathead screw drivers to remove "that" washer. I heated one up to get between the plastic and the washer for a decent bite. I then worked the other flat head around once I had a little room. The washer just popped off. Took about 1-2 mins.
That's a really good idea, I hadn't thought of that. I usually just Dremel the clip to cut it and pry it off, but you'r solution must work very well too.

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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 05:08 AM
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thanks for ignoring a blackman
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 11:19 AM
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^^ ?? I hope you are joking
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 01:54 PM
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thanks for ignoring a blackman
Yeah, because twm is racist and he knew you were black by your avatar.

GROW UP!
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by jiggadomino
apparently the trd shifter reduces throws without reducing shift height. So if you reduce the height of the trd shifter, then that would reduce the throws even more righhht?

Possible to install twn short shifter?
Sorry for skipping over your question, I can assure that it was not intentional.

The TRD short shifter is similar in throw and height reduction to the TWM stage 1 tc short shifter. If you reduced the height of the TRD by cutting it, then you would in turn reduce the linear throw of the shifter as well, but not the angular throw.

The TWM short shifters can be installed in to the TRD shift assembly as well.

If you are concerned that the TRD may not be aggressive enough in terms of height and throw reduction, you should check out the TWM stage 2 short shifter.

I hope this helps.

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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 10:56 PM
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just playin brothas

thanks twm peformance for the ansah
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 03:12 AM
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any write ups on how to install doc's s/s ultimate package???
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 03:26 AM
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http://doctorisotope.com/index.php?o...d=26&Itemid=25
Old May 9, 2007 | 12:19 AM
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how hard is it to do this from 1-10 if u dont really know anything?
Old May 9, 2007 | 12:42 AM
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i'd give it a 7.5 for the first time. 4.5-5 after that
Old May 11, 2007 | 01:46 AM
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damn this is a great thread, I just got my twm shifter in the mail today, looks a helluva lot nicer than the one in '04, Kevin must be moving up the food chain! Haha. I also got the sparco e-brake to match my sparco shift **** and the redline shift boot and ebrake boot, should be sick! I'll post picks on here when I'm done. . .
Old May 13, 2007 | 01:29 AM
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looking forward to those pix - sparco makes some nice stuff
Old Jun 14, 2007 | 04:17 AM
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when i;m taking apart the center do you guys have any thing i should look out for because i have the cupholer lights i dont want to rip those out by accident
Old Aug 3, 2007 | 03:27 AM
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Just Did My install And Much props to KEVIN from TWM for hooking me up And supporting the us army and to all of you for your info that clip was cake with 2 flatheads THANKS ALL FOR THE GREAT I N F O



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