Short Shifter Problem

[Rambo]

How the hell did you just "pop" it out? that year, same as mine, the c-clip is under the car. you have to go under the car to do it

Were you referring to me? I 100% guarantee there was no C clip in my bugeye, and mine was stock when I swapped it. The instructions never indicated a C-clip either. I did the whole installation from inside the car.

Did they add the clip in later models? Seems unnecessary to me since the shifter linkage constrains the lever pretty well. I don't think I can pull the lever out of the socket with the linkage attached.


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[tarheeln1]

Gotcha, I started on installing my Kartboy SS yesterday, then found out the c-clip is on the underside of the socket, found a video on youtube, and I am going to wait till saturday to do it, along with the bushing at my buddy's shop with a lift. The vid showed taking out the whole assembly, linkage and all, doesnt look to hard just have to get under car and take out a couple bolts. I'm in NC btw, lol thanks for offer on c-clips pliers, i got a pair though

[bbrock171]

I did the whole installation from inside the car.

Same here. I just did mine yesterday in my 2011. The 2011 DOES have a c-clip on top, but it was a 10min install in the parking lot of my local autozone (didn't have my own c-clip pliers).

Went with Torque Solutions. As far as I can tell it's identical to the Kartboy and was only $100.

[Heide264]

there is a c-clip normally. The person that had his car before him and had installed the other shifter didn't put the c-clip back.

If you need to remove the c-clip, just get some c-clip pliers... cheap, and worth it. If you live in denver, I can let you borrow mine.

Same here. I just did mine yesterday in my 2011. The 2011 DOES have a c-clip on top, but it was a 10min install in the parking lot of my local autozone (didn't have my own c-clip pliers).

Went with Torque Solutions. As far as I can tell it's identical to the Kartboy and was only $100.

My STi had a C clip. I put it back in there to make sure the top o-ring doesn't pop loose or anything. Might help hold some grease in there as well. I figured it was there for a reason - even if it was to be a PITA and keep me from just pulling the shifter right out.

For what its worth, even with c-clip pliers, it was still a pain to get mine out. Q-tips or something will help you get most of the grease off of it first.

No idea what you guys mean by a c-clip on the other side of the socket though. The socket does have an o-ring on each side though, which likes to fall off fair easily considering the force needed to pop the socket in. I don't even think my shifter came out without that 'socket'. It pulled the whole plastic ring out with the two o-rings, and I put it back in that way as well.

EDIT: Should be able to see the c-clip in this one pretty clearly. If you want to look before you do the install, that album has a lot of fairly detailed pictures on my install. Most are put in my build log with captions if you look for '2011 Rawr'

[Heide264]

Gotcha, I started on installing my Kartboy SS yesterday, then found out the c-clip is on the underside of the socket, found a video on youtube, and I am going to wait till saturday to do it, along with the bushing at my buddy's shop with a lift. The vid showed taking out the whole assembly, linkage and all, doesnt look to hard just have to get under car and take out a couple bolts. I'm in NC btw, lol thanks for offer on c-clips pliers, i got a pair though

That's what I did. Just did the whole assembly for the bushings. It was tough to get the linkage out. I didn't have any luck with the push pin, and it took a lot more force than expected to move the differential to the side enough to get the bolt out of the linkage. The upgrade was well worth it.