Shorten stock shifter rod - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

1992-RS · 10-14-2009, 10:03 PM

i have a 1992 Camaro RS 3.1L V6 with a 5 speed trany..what i have been wanting to do is cut the stock shifter rod shorter and re-thread it, just so it is physically shorter.

is there anything bad with doing this..will it still shift correctly?

is this okay to do?

thanks

JamesC · 10-14-2009, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by 1992-RS

i have a 1992 Camaro RS 3.1L V6 with a 5 speed trany..what i have been wanting to do is cut the stock shifter rod shorter and re-thread it, just so it is physically shorter.

[/b]is there anything bad with doing this..will it still shift correctly? is this okay to do?

Welcome to TGO.

No. Yes. Yes.

If you want the benefit of a real short throw, you might consider one of the after market versions.

JamesC

Ward · 10-16-2009, 04:23 PM

Wouldn't it be easier to chop a section out of the middle, then weld it back together? That way you don't have to mess with re-threading it.

1992-RS · 10-16-2009, 05:58 PM

yeah..but i just want a shorter handle..i would eventually like to get a short throw shifter..but for now i was just wondering if it would mess it up any cutting it shorter?

1992-RS · 10-16-2009, 05:59 PM

im not too worried about re threading it..and since im at school now i dont have access to a welder..so

ShMaCk2004 · 10-17-2009, 04:35 AM

I did this to mine a year ago, i cut it so short that the top of the shift knob is only an inch above the top of the console.

no problems with it at all.

GICATA · 10-17-2009, 08:48 AM

When my shifter broke from too many speed shifts, I cut the two surfaces off flush and welded it back together. It still retains the stock knob thread but is a good bit shorter than stock...a quality short throw, limited travel shifter would be much nicer and have a larger variety of knobs available, but this works for a guy on limited funds.