Tasty said:That could be helpful. Stupid question though: From the pivot ball down were the lengths the same? Guess it would HAVE to be to mate up down below. Anyway, I have my stock shifter and I'll measure to compare. Thanks!
Tasty said:OK, from the top of the pivot ball to the top of the stock shifter is 9-11/16" inches. Total overall length is 12-11/16" on stock shifter. Do you know the total length of the kartboy?
5PADZAM said:The lower portion of the shifter, below the pivot ball, is longer than the stock one. This is called the fulcrum. And having a longer fulcrum is what makes it a short-throw shifter instead of merely a short shifter. Because the fulcrum is longer, the heat shield usually needs to be modified (bent, cut, or removed completely. I bent mine with some pliers, but just don't bend it too much or it will contact your exhaust and cause a rattle.
The total length of the kartboy is 10-9/16".
Phoenix5 said:Yeah,I also have the Kartboy SS/bushing package.Total night and day from stock as the shifting.I also hated the long bus driver throws that the stock shifter had.But after I installed it,I was amazed how much better it felt.You throw to each gear so much smoother and more direct w/o having to worry about grinding,especially w/ the Kartboy bushing.The only issue I really was the pain in the ass of taking out the snap ring and taking off the stock rubber bushing.But other than that,it's smooth sailing.
aMaff said:Man. You really should have gotten vid. You realize that snap ring pliers are like $5 right? And would have taken probably as much time to get from any hardware store as it took to file down your screw driver to a tip....
Just an observation (crazy)
aMaff said:lol fair enough. We'll just file this one under 'legal but kinda stupid' lol
whitemp5seattle said:where do you live in Eastern WA? It's like an old western scene out there sometimes... *tumbleweed*
Tasty said:How much shorter is the kartboy shifter than stock. I think I'm going to order up a custom short shift boot from Redline pretty soon, but I don't know the drop to give to them to make it right. Tom at Kartboy told me via email he thought it was 1".