Why the Kartboy short throw shifter sucks for me - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

jdubious · 07-24-2014, 09:23 AM

My TWM is quiet as a church mouse. I read a post back when I was shopping for my shifter, it may have been over on the Z-car forums. A shop had installed 4 or 5 shifters on the same car and they all rattled. When the exact same shifters were installed on an identical car, none rattled. They concluded that on some cars aftermarket shifters would rattle no matter what and had no idea why.

Sadly, if you google this problem you will find folks complaing about it for nearly every type of vehicle. It had me pretty stressed out when making my decision, guess I got lucky.

SubiePig · 07-24-2014, 11:07 AM

Never had any noise issues from my Kartboy shifter. Had probably 5/6000 miles of track and street driving with it and its smooth and noiseless.

Fastbrew · 07-26-2014, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by jdubious

My TWM is quiet as a church mouse. I read a post back when I was shopping for my shifter, it may have been over on the Z-car forums. A shop had installed 4 or 5 shifters on the same car and they all rattled. When the exact same shifters were installed on an identical car, none rattled. They concluded that on some cars aftermarket shifters would rattle no matter what and had no idea why.

Sadly, if you google this problem you will find folks complaing about it for nearly every type of vehicle. It had me pretty stressed out when making my decision, guess I got lucky.

I actually got a not back from TWM. They say that some of the shifter can go out the door without an important "O" ring that is present in the reverse lockout mechanism. They have offered to send one out. I told the dealer to just keep the shifter and return it. However, I am going to swing by there and verify if the ring is present or not. Without the o ring - it will rattle.

We shall see - again

Fastbrew · 07-26-2014, 03:45 AM

BTW - here is a little sample of my ex-Kartboy in action

superleggera · 07-26-2014, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Fastbrew

BTW - here is a little sample of my ex-Kartboy in action

ouch, that felt like I was at the dentist

z3ro · 07-26-2014, 09:06 AM

holy shit! I never realized it rattled so loud!

xxBrun0xx · 07-26-2014, 09:59 AM

Oh wow, that's waaaaaay worse than my TRD lol. My Quickshifter is barely audible over the engine. Don't think you could hear it on a video.

Poodles · 07-27-2014, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Fastbrew

BTW - here is a little sample of my ex-Kartboy in action

I'd lose my damn mind if I had to listen to that...

Fastbrew · 07-27-2014, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Poodles

I'd lose my damn mind if I had to listen to that...

I did! I wanted people to see what I am talking about. Not just being picky - it totally ruined the driving experience. I am so glad it is back to stock silence right now.

I am really bummed the TWM didn't work right out of the box. The shop knew that if it even rattled a bit I wasn't going to leave it in so I didn't even get to try it out. I may try again with that brand. It is beautiful. If it is just missing an O ring - I may try.

I don't get how you can put in so much R/D and not bother to take a peek at how the folks with the buzzillion dollar R/D depts did it. Meaning Toyota/Subaru.

Whatever. I will add the mtech springs and see how that pans out.

Malt · 07-27-2014, 07:27 AM

Holy Crap at that rattle! There's no way it should rattle like that. My KartBoy shifter and rear bushing , 3" aluminum driveshaft, MTEC springs are for the most part silent except a little gear wine on deceleration.

That has to be an installation issue.

Rocket.BRZ · 07-27-2014, 09:41 AM

What's your opinion of the kartboy short shifter vs the trd short shifter. Personally I have had the kartboy for sometime and it barley rattles at all. My problem with the short shifter is that it is too short. I was debating whether to put the stock one back in or replace it for the trd. Opinions?

Rocket.BRZ · 07-27-2014, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Fastbrew

BTW - here is a little sample of my ex-Kartboy in action

Something is very wrong. My kartboy is not even close to that in terms of rattle.

Fastbrew · 07-27-2014, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Rocket.BRZ

Something is very wrong. My kartboy is not even close to that in terms of rattle.

I heard basically the same thing from another BRZ. Maybe at 85% the sound of mine.

The thing is - there should be NO rattle - just like the stock shifter.

Rocket.BRZ · 07-27-2014, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Fastbrew

I heard basically the same thing from another BRZ. Maybe at 85% the sound of mine.

The thing is - there should be NO rattle - just like the stock shifter.

Mine doesn't rattle...

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07-24-2014, 09:23 AM	#15
jdubious Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: 13 Scion FR-S Location: Texas Posts: 89 Thanks: 44 Thanked 20 Times in 19 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	My TWM is quiet as a church mouse. I read a post back when I was shopping for my shifter, it may have been over on the Z-car forums. A shop had installed 4 or 5 shifters on the same car and they all rattled. When the exact same shifters were installed on an identical car, none rattled. They concluded that on some cars aftermarket shifters would rattle no matter what and had no idea why. Sadly, if you google this problem you will find folks complaing about it for nearly every type of vehicle. It had me pretty stressed out when making my decision, guess I got lucky.

07-26-2014, 03:45 AM	#18
Fastbrew Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Drives: 2014 Pearl White BRZ Location: USA Posts: 764 Thanks: 123 Thanked 461 Times in 233 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	BTW - here is a little sample of my ex-Kartboy in action

07-26-2014, 09:06 AM	#20
z3ro Banned Join Date: Oct 2013 Drives: 2013 FR-S Location: Shelby, NC Posts: 626 Thanks: 209 Thanked 409 Times in 144 Posts Mentioned: 15 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	holy shit! I never realized it rattled so loud!

07-27-2014, 07:27 AM	#24
Malt Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Drives: 2015 WRX Location: NC Posts: 987 Thanks: 186 Thanked 624 Times in 364 Posts Mentioned: 24 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Holy Crap at that rattle! There's no way it should rattle like that. My KartBoy shifter and rear bushing , 3" aluminum driveshaft, MTEC springs are for the most part silent except a little gear wine on deceleration. That has to be an installation issue.

07-27-2014, 09:41 AM	#25
Rocket.BRZ Banned Join Date: May 2014 Drives: 2010 WRX (sold) 2013 brz Location: my mind Posts: 345 Thanks: 6 Thanked 113 Times in 89 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	What's your opinion of the kartboy short shifter vs the trd short shifter. Personally I have had the kartboy for sometime and it barley rattles at all. My problem with the short shifter is that it is too short. I was debating whether to put the stock one back in or replace it for the trd. Opinions?

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