Bluestreak

I bought one of 07CTS-V's shifters... except he sent me the wrong one.

I went to install the new shifter and found out it doesn't have the right size (new shifter is too small). So... I have to send it back and get the right one.



It's hard to see, but the NEW shifter doesn't fit. The ears are about 1/2 too short of the stock holes after I drilled out the rivets.

SO... after swearing a lot, I put the car back together... but now I'm stuck.

The shifter retainer plate (the part that comes up/out through the console) refuses to align back to the holes in the shifter base. It's too far forward. Even though the base plate is sitting happily on the four studs that stick up, the shifter under the car moved forward somehow, and it refuses to bolt back into the retainer plate.

What am I doing wrong? It was disheartening enough to get all the way down to putting the shifter back to find out I had the wrong one, now I can't even get the damn car to go back together.

TIA guys.

Somebody PLEASE... tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Bluestreak

Figured it out. That base plate on the rails slides. I just slid it back.

Almost done and back together.

vroom_vroom

iTrader: (5)

Lol did you read the instructions? The holes on the shifter are not used for mounting. The metal cap that held the oem one in goes over the aluminum portion you see there on the hurst.

Bluestreak

Yeah. Figured out the stupid mistake and got it done in about 20 minutes. Soooo much better than stock was.

vroom_vroom

iTrader: (5)

It happens, usually the dumbest things.......
Make sure you use copious amounts of lock tite on all the bolts. I checked all mine after a month and the two screws the hold the shifter base to the boot plate on the car had backed out a good amount.