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Bitchin' Stitchin'
This showed up @ my door yesterday. This is my Christmas present from Mom. She asked what I wanted & gave me the $$$ to order it. Came to $285.00 plus another $38.00 for taxes, & duty slapped on @ the border. (********!) I looked for an aftermarket shifter for almost 2 years. Found 'Core' shifters. They use factory 'Hurst' shift arms, then they make the lower tower part, as this has been discontinuied by 'Hurst'. Waited for 6 months for production to begin, only not to be able to afford one when they did become available! When I could afford one, they were sold out of that production run! Aaarrgh! 30-60 days before anymore would be produced. Chris @ 'Core' was kind enough to scour his inventory, & managed to come up with enough seperate pieces to put together a complete unit. Yay! Big thanks!
Now let's see if all that was worth the wait!
This is what's inside.
A 'shift tower', shifter arm, shift ball, jam nut, 4 10mm head, fine thead bolts, 2 hex head shifter arm bolts, a rubber grommet thingie, a dust boot, and a sheet of instructions.
They call this a 'Hurst Competition Plus/NV3500' for the GMT400. They come in 2 styles. One has a 5% throw reduction, & the other has a 30% reduction, which is what this one is.
Bottom of the tower. Nice machining. Obviously CNC'd. This shows the ball end that 'Core' makes. GM no longer produces this part. This will fit stock shifters. They sell it seperately. Apparently it will take a lot of slop out of the (well used) factory shifters.
Top of the tower. Hard to see in this pic, but there are serrations that run up & down the shaft stub that match the shifter arm to ensure a good contact area.
Shifter arm had a plastic protective sleeve on the ball end threads.
A nicely done jam nut with a collar...
...that fits up inside the shifter ball.
Now let's see if all that was worth the wait!
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This is what's inside.
A 'shift tower', shifter arm, shift ball, jam nut, 4 10mm head, fine thead bolts, 2 hex head shifter arm bolts, a rubber grommet thingie, a dust boot, and a sheet of instructions.
They call this a 'Hurst Competition Plus/NV3500' for the GMT400. They come in 2 styles. One has a 5% throw reduction, & the other has a 30% reduction, which is what this one is.
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Bottom of the tower. Nice machining. Obviously CNC'd. This shows the ball end that 'Core' makes. GM no longer produces this part. This will fit stock shifters. They sell it seperately. Apparently it will take a lot of slop out of the (well used) factory shifters.
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Top of the tower. Hard to see in this pic, but there are serrations that run up & down the shaft stub that match the shifter arm to ensure a good contact area.
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Shifter arm had a plastic protective sleeve on the ball end threads.
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A nicely done jam nut with a collar...
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...that fits up inside the shifter ball.
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