I have a short stick on my car now and I orded a second off ebay. Its 6 1/2 inches and it said that it could be cut down to 5 1/2 which is what i want to do. How do I do that? The obvious answer is cut 1in off of the threaded area but would't the threads were it was cut be messed up making it damn near impossible to get the **** on with out stripping either the stick or the ****. I could have orded it this was from the seller but I did't know i already had a short stick untill it was to late. The car had a few mods when i bought it. I just figured that the shifter was the stock hurst. Anyone know the proper way to do this?

Thanks
Jon

 

i took a hacksaw on my pro 5.0 and took off 2-inches. i love it way better now.

 

Use a hacksaw, or a band saw, cut to desired length, and dress the cut (get the burrs and rough looking stuff off) with either a bench mounted belt sander, or a file

 

If you cut too many threads off, just re-thread it. If the threads are nasty, but still there, jsut get a plastic ****, you can thread plastic onto nasty threads...

 

I agree, put a small chamfer on the edge of it after it's cut. Use some sand paper or a triangular file ( if you have one ) to remove the burrs and you should be money. I personally took my pro 5.0 stick and cut about 2" out of the center and re-welded it. Works fine for me.

 

Almost 2 1/2" off my Hurst Billet Plus. Get the correct from Ace Hardware(16mmX1.50)
first. It's easier if you do it in two cuts, so you can leave a couple of threads for the die to start straight.

 

I used a dremel tool. If you're careful, you can make a very nice, clean cut.

 

if you put a nut on it before you cut the threads you can remove the nut to remove the problem areas of the thread

 

Im curious too,what bit did you use for a dremel to cut it?Would the same apply to a B&M?

 

Ummm... My guess would be the cutting wheel dude.

 

My buddy at work told me the same thing, so I think I'm gonna do it that way.

 

Ummm,I cant imagine the normal cutting wheel not disentegrating every ten seconds

 

I used the nut method and a hack saw and it worked like a charm. It really did't take long at all to cut maybe 2 min's if that. Its much nicer now with it that 1in shorter it just matches me better.