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Originally Posted by JBezugs
So now that I have had this shifter installed for a month, some impressions:
The shift feel is fantastic. It's a big step up from the stock shifter, I have no regrets here.
However, a few issues: The rattle above 4k RPM is still annoying, and I am going to contact ft86SF in hopes that they have a fix for it. I have tried numerous kartboy fixes like greasing the reverse lockout and spring, and pulling the rubber shifter boot over the reverse lockout (as the two shifters are similar), and they have helped somewhat, but the rattle is still much more noticable than the stock shifter. Does anyone know what I can do to quell this?
Also, the reverse lockout does not have a deep enough lip at the shift boot retainer location, so your shift boot will pop up ALL THE TIME unless you have something there to keep it from doing so. I have an elastic there currently, it does the job however I am thinking I may file down the lower edge of the lip so that the lip is larger, or find an O-ring that would fit.
Since I can't return this shifter, I'd love to help improve it @ FT-86 SpeedFactory |
When your shifter is rattling, does it help if you lift up on the reverse lockout? If so, tightening the set screw underneath the shift knob can help some. This helped reduce the rattle, but it never went away.
The shift boot issue was very annoying, I think removing some material below the lip could help, but I think the main issue is the outer diameter of the lip itself is too small.