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YOUR RESEARCHWhat type of shift link is this?
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The 997 shifter is installed now and all seems to be well and much better than before.
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I about had a heart attack for a bit thinking that I may have to replace the entire shift cable.
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Schnell did change their linkage a couple times but there are also quite a few generic ones that look like that too.
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Remove the two set screws on the "collar" and unscrew it?
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You don't re-use the plastic collar from the OEM shifter ball-end on the aftermarket shifters.
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But I think the previous owner's install was off and the 996 shift mechanism certainly didn't help.
I'm attempting to install a 997 shifter in my car and this is what I found when disassembling what was already installed. I have no idea what type of shift link this is or how I'll undo it. It appears the threaded factory link has been completely removed.
Help please!
Yeah I think I lucked out with this. The set screw was a very small Allen head and I had to improvise with a security star bit for an iPhone in order to get it out. The luck part was that the original threaded piece of the linkage was underneath this piece. I about had a heart attack for a bit thinking that I may have to replace the entire shift cable.
The 997 shifter is installed now and all seems to be well and much better than before.
Yes it could be either or. Schnell did change their linkage a couple times but there are also quite a few generic ones that look like that too. I wouldn't call it "homemade" though. Lol.
Haha.
I just figure some us playboy Porsche owners probably have an extra garage full of custom metal machining equipment.....
Then I remembered I own a 996. :-)
Well for my car specifically they added some crappy shifting. But I think the previous owner's install was off and the 996 shift mechanism certainly didn't help.
Looks exactly like the linkage that my 986 Schnell short-shift kit came with.
Are those metal shavings all over the place in the photo, OP? If so, from what? That looks...abrasive.
They are plastic. It appears the PO carved out some of bottom plastic structure of the 996 shifter assembly and didn't clean up the mess. Plus, the shifter linkage would always make a plastic knocking sound any time I would shift into reverse. Clearly there were still fitment issues.
She works like a charm now. I just love un-$&@!ing other people's crap....
Ok, so now that we are on the subject... did you notice on the shifter mechanism itself if the ball on the left that goes to the blue cable, did it sit in the white bracket loosely, or did it fit into a plastic grommet?
I gotta take a pic... but the oem shifter ball is smaller than the aftermarket and fits into a plastic insert. This will not fit on the aftermarket ball. So do you pitch it?
Does that make any sense?
LOL
That's the "Swift Shift Kit" by Evolution Motorsports.
http://thmotorsports.com/evolution-m.../i-145462.aspx
That piece that attaches to the OEM shifter shaft lowers the bottom lever point to effectively shorten the shift throw.
You don't re-use the plastic collar from the OEM shifter ball-end on the aftermarket shifters. The aftermarket shifters go directly into the white shifter yoke.
