Y2K SS

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With my 5.0 shifter came the instructions saying to trim the inner boot. The inner boot does not even come close to the template they have. What did you guys do.

thanks

Michael Ozorowsky

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I took their template, cut it out of that piece of paper, put over inner booth, traced a line around inner boot with pencil, and cut inner boot. Worked fine.

Y2K SS

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maybe my inner boot is different than yours but I don't see why. My inner boot is smaller than the template. Hey thanks for the quick reply.

USMARINE1108

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I didn't cut mine at all. Works fine, some say it cuts down in the noise.

Michael Ozorowsky

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I didn't bolt mine down. This is a car that was an A4 just converted it to a manual. I bought the boot cuz I have a big hole in my floorboard, and the boot helps cut down on noise. Seals it a little bit.

Y2K SS

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well i just slapped that badboy back on after posting, seems to work fine. Wonder why the install instructions said it was very important??

GETSOMZ28

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It is important because you dont want dirt from underneath the car getting into the shifter. If you trim the inner boot, you are able to slide it on the shifter and make a seal.

Y2K SS

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are they talking about the huge boot that screws into the floorpan? The ribbed one? Cause when they said inner, I'm thinking of the small boot on the stock shifter.

GETSOMZ28

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Yes, they are talking about the huge boot that screws into the floorpan, not the little boot that covers the stock shifter. Mine came with the hurtst shifter, and there is no way that little boot would fit on the pro 5.0

Onyx Z

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As GETSOMZ28 said, it is important to cut the boot to seal the shifter from the debris from underneath the car. If debris enters the shifter base, it is possible for debris to make it into the transmission, since it is only sealed with grease, and could possibly ruin the transmission.

calhoon

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The real solution would have been for the shifter to come with a proper boot. Since it does not, they want the body closure boot( the big one)to be cut and pulled down around the shifter tower collar. The net affect is road debris is kept from the shifter but a great amount of trans noise that was shielded from the cabin in the production set up is now allowed in.You can fashion a shifter boot from the original standard shifter but the Hust boot is not going to work.I would look for a std boot to rework and not cut the body boot.