let me righty tighty and lefty tighty some more..............

 

I just did it today and it took me 45 min, but I was being extra carefull.

 

Cool no 'special' factory compressor tools needed?

 

Hey Gomez, now that you're back do you have any coments on the latest green fuzzy mods?

 

Unless that is a joke you might be in trouble.
I believe it to be lefty loosy.
Don't let Gomez coment about girls get to you, if you need help get before you do something wrong. But in all seriousness it is a simple install and you just need common hand tools.

 

Hey thanks I willbe ordering that shifter from you in a few weeks

 

I have had the shifter for about three months with no issues. Lately I notice that first gear requires more force than normal. The extra force is required not when I’m stopped but when I’m rolling. What can the issue be? I recently changed the transmission fluid but all other gears feel great. Any ideas?

FYI
I've posted this question in other threads

 

Even in OEM form, our car doesn't like to go into 1st unless--damn near close--at a stop. With the AFE, it's stiffer and that's what makes it feel harder to go into. But I do remember with my OEM shifter, even at 5-6 mph, 1st would be difficult so I'd revv up and go to 2nd. I really don't think the shifter has anything to do with the 2-1 shift.

 

I never noticed it before but it could be that since I just chnged the fluid I've been paying more attention. Just in case I'm checking the fluid level again. Thanks for your input.

 

I just installed an Axial Flow shifter this past weekend and initially ran into some high-pitched gear whine harmonics that resulted in me removing the SS, re-installing my old shifter, and listing the Axial Flow for sale. I decided to call Richard Paul as a last resort to discuss the dilemma, and one of the items he mentioned might be having an affect on my SS install was the use of my VooDoo metal ****. So.....I re-installed the SS (I am getting really fast at this btw!), and this time re-installed the green felt and then twisted-on my factory shift ****. To my happiness, the annoying harmonic was gone and I have no discernible noise whatsoever. The shifting and sound factor is perfect now, so I deleted my shifter FS ad and now have to try and sell my piano black VooDoo ****!

Thanks for spending the time talking with me Richard, its good to deal with a guy who stands behind his products!

Jeff

 

Yeah, I found that my metal Voodoo **** just didn't compliment the AFE SS at all. Not only did it create A LOT more noise, but the shifting is actually smoother with the stock **** back on. I think the voodoo **** lowered the leverage point and caused the shifter motion to be harder on the syncros and gears.

 

Voodoo 0 - AFE shifter 1

 

Well...I would have never believed a shift **** could make a night and day difference, but it did. I loved my VooDoo, but the mix of the two didn't seem to work. On the stock shifter the VooDoo is excellent though..

 

I have the AFE and Voodoo **** combo but don't have a problem with it....?
Whatever makes you happy!
N10S, I saw your AFE ad and wondered what had gone wrong. Glad you worked it out.

 

i have voodoo and afe, and the noises i hear go away when i unscrew the ****.

doesn't matter - a little transmission whirring noises doesn't bother me. If I wanted sound isolation I would have bought something else.

 

Guys,

The harmonic noise I was hearing was pretty annoying. You know what its like to have a mosquito buzzing in your ear. It was like that but of course magnified a huge amount. I am thinking that all of these SS's have slightly different tolerances as do our cars tranny's. I knew I had read about others that were running both AFE and the VooDoo with no problems so I think its car and shifter dependent. Perhaps I should try wrapping the shifter threads with teflon tape and reinstalling the VooDoo just to see if it makes a difference. Can't hurt.

As far as being noise tolerant, one of my prior cars an Evo VIII, had a real audible whine to the gear box and I loved the way it sounded sort of mechanical. Porsches also have that sort of gear whine as well. This high pitched whine I ran into yesterday was not like either of those, and it was loud enough it had me wanting to get rid of it.

 

i found a piece of syn cork between the shifter and the **** killed the sound..

beers

 

N10S, Then I retract my previous statement. On my car is isn't unpleasant, but is detectable without trying to listen for it. I might make a recording of it so we can all compare.

 

No problem, I just wanted you guys to know that I am not a girly-man when it comes to my cars. Swoope, you mentioned having the cork between the shifter and ****...do you mean on the top of the shift rod? Thats interesting as I had used a piece of adhesive rubber cut down to size on the top of my stock shifter. I didn't put it there to cancel-out noise, but added it to make my shift pattern on the laser-etched **** sit straight. Thats worth trying before I sell a good VooDoo **** that was a bit difficult to find in the original size.

Thanks again for the comments and I will let you know how the test with the VooDoo turns-out.

Jeff

 

There's a thread somewhere on the Rx8club site where someone took some packing foam and placed it between the shifter and the ****. They said it killed the sound and was quieter than the stock shifter.

 

Question, I have the AFE shifter and I like it, but since having it on it seems that shifting at times can be more of a chore. A little more notchiness going from gear to gear. Sometimes going into a gear call for quite more effort to push it through. I've just lived with it up to now, but I'm wondering what I can do to make it better.

 

try bleeding your clutch or adjusting clutch pedal freeplay.

 

I understand the first option, but what do you mean by the second option?

 

Not sure of the exact spec (perhaps someone else can chip in here) - but you should have a minimum of freeplay on your clutch pedal before you feel it hit the pressure plate fingers . This can be adjusted at the slave cylinder under the dash .

 

I gotcha. I understand what you're saying now.