 Does this look bent, Shift Rod - How to tell |
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| BPic |
 Sep 13 2026, 06:42 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 350 Joined: 5-February 18 From: Miami, Florida Member No.: 21,864 Region Association: South East States 
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How do you tell if a shift rod is bent?
I've looked at pictures of others from the same angle, and it appears mine may be bent. Is there any way to tell without buying another one?  |
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| bdstone914 |
Sep 13 2026, 07:34 AM
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bdstone914 Group: Members Posts: 5,376 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319 |
Hard to tell but most of them are bent. I have a jig I use to fix them.
How does it line up in the back to the coupler at the trans? They can be off by a bunch and still work. Is it rubbing on the engine bar? They bent so the curve gets greater. |
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| BPic |
Sep 13 2026, 09:05 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 350 Joined: 5-February 18 From: Miami, Florida Member No.: 21,864 Region Association: South East States
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QUOTE(bdstone914 @ Sep 13 2026, 09:34 AM)  Hard to tell but most of them are bent. I have a jig I use to fix them. How does it line up in the back to the coupler at the trans? They can be off by a bunch and still work. Is it rubbing on the engine bar? They bent so the curve gets greater. It lines up fine and doesn't touch the engine bar. It keeps popping out of second gear when accelerating if you don't keep touching the shifter. And I mean just touching. Maybe I'm being hopeful that I might be able to replace the rod or adjust is =t out before sending the trans to Evil Werks. All bushings etc. are new and everything is nice and tight. |
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| SirAndy |
Sep 13 2026, 09:50 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 42,511 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
Easy-ish way to tell, the front and back mounting part need to be in the same plane.
Meaning, they need to rotate around the same axis. Any bends in the rod in the middle (and there are many by design) won't affect the rotation if both ends are in the same plane. If the ends aren't in the same plane, rotating the rod around one end will make the other end change its location in space. That will cause the rod to bind and you'll be fighting your shifter. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) |
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