Retro engineering a t56 gear lever (shifter)

[Aussie Mike]

No you can't really change one without changing the other with that setup. However you the extra throw might be acceptable for the right side to side clearance. I would look at raising the pivot point on the front of that linkage to see if you get enough extra movement out of it. It shouldn't be hard to weld a piece on and re drill it.

Cheers

[PeterAllen]

I wonder if I utilise two 'load' points, one for backwards and forwards and one for side to side.

On the beer coaster design below the arrows indicate where there would be no force transmitted. The additional 'contact' a shorter distance from the fulcrum should mean I now have to move the gear knob further left and right to match the current shaft movement whilst not changing the backward/forward movement. Comments please.

[PeterAllen]

Oops! Just been looking a bit closer at the box and discovered the selector shaft rotates (approx 15 degrees) rather than moviing left and right when shifting from 1-2 to 3-4 and 5-6.

Back to the pub for some more creative thinking.

[PeterAllen]

Plan B.

Very optimistic I have something that will work but I need to modify a t56 shifter cup - also referred to as a shifter socket or offset lever (see photos). Does anyone have one they would like to sell?

I think some owners may have replaced the longer Commodore one with the shorter one from an F-body, if they have used an after-market shifter.

It doesn't matter which one, either will do. Thanks