cutting shifter rod questions...

Re: cutting shifter rod questions... (GranTouring InjectedVR6)

I just used a pipe cutter. I didn't think it twisted the shifter up very much when I did mine, but others have tried it, and said it was trying to twist the shifter a bit much, and they held the shaft with vise-grips while the cutting was being done. Or maybe while the new threads were being cut in...yeah, I think that was it...the die is kind of hard to twist on. Anyway, be aware of that
You can use a Dremel I'm sure, but it won't be the clean kind of cut you get from a pipe cutter. Not that it being ultra-clean matters since it'll be hidden, but anyway
To get the shifter out requires you drop the exhaust and remove the shift box, which is why I cut mine in the car! I took off 2 inches, maybe 2.5? I can't recall now, but once you get the end cut off, use a M12x1.50 die to cut new threads onto the end of the shaft, so the shifter knob will thread back on.
Good luck! Did you ever get your headlights working right, with everything nice and bright?
Broke

Re: cutting shifter rod questions... (8vGTI)

broke-- BAHH! hell no my lights are the same im , i've just come to the conclusion that my battery, cables, and alternator all need replacing ...hopefully this has some bearing on the luminesince(?). i went ahead and redid all of it in 10 gauge wires and props goes out to D. Stern he sent me all the xtra things i f-ed up the 1st time, no charge but nothing , hehe mabe alil better ....any word on that nice and exp. Optima battery yet?
im going to do this shifter thing without taking the exhaust off, any ideas where the best pipe cutter can be found? lowes, home depot , ace?
8vGTI--thats true!

Re: cutting shifter rod questions... (GranTouring InjectedVR6)

Yeah, any little hardware store will carry a small pipe cutter. My shifter was from an 81 Rabbit, so I needed to have some threads on there, but since I had no metric threads at the time, and the shifter knob is plastic, I just cut SAE threads onto the shaft, and the Rabbit shifter holds on just fine. I'm not sure what I'll do if I ever need to actually thread a shifter on there correctly
Sorry about the lights...I wish I was closer, so we could get them working, but...!
I'm still waiting on the better half to let me get the Optima battery, but I think she is going to have me replace the front wheel bearings in her GTI first
Stern sent you free stuff? How cool! He seems like a decent guy, that is why I like to buy my H4s from him.
Broke

Re: cutting shifter rod questions... (Broke)

hell yeah, stern s a cool guy, he helped out a bunch , im prob'ly going to buy some german bulbs from him soon...let me know when the battery goes in and in the mean time ill replace my cables