Quickshift kit vs lever?

[sarkie83]

Sorry if this sounds like a really stupid question, but whats the difference between one of these 'kits' and a shortened lever?

[Finn]

Never had one of the kits, just sawed the lever down, has worked perfectly well for the last 10 years. Finn.

[sambo]

The kit includes a spacer and you need to modify your existing lever.

The actual lever itself, is a rose-jointed jobbie and is much better.

 

Usually when using the kit type, you'll have to be carefull when selecting first as you lose the 'push-down' action when selecting reverse.

 

Go for the lever mate. Much better.

[sarkie83]

Never had one of the kits, just sawed the lever down, has worked perfectly well for the last 10 years. Finn.

 

kinda what i was thinking as well!

 

The kit includes a spacer and you need to modify your existing lever.

The actual lever itself, is a rose-jointed jobbie and is much better.

 

Usually when using the kit type, you'll have to be carefull when selecting first as you lose the 'push-down' action when selecting reverse.

 

Go for the lever mate. Much better.

 

that explains why they are way more than the kits!

 

Cheers..

[SmokeEm]

We use a Quaife lever. Well worth the £90 odd it was

[Ken B]

Just bought my self a Quaife too. A lot of dough but beautiful peice of engineering.

[emu]

I used a kit on my gear lever. I modified it so that the grub screw that holds the new portion of lever to the old goes all the way through the shaft. Other than that, I havent had any problems with it at all.

 

I have heard people say that the rose jointed ones buzz and resonate, but having never tried one I can neithre conjfirm or deny

 

The reverse gate still works fine on my gearbox too

[Noodles]

The one I have from rally design buzzes like hell, do the quafe ones?

[SmokeEm]

The one I have from rally design buzzes like hell, do the quafe ones?

 

Ours doesn't but Big G's does I think

[Andrade]

Usually when using the kit type, you'll have to be carefull when selecting first as you lose the 'push-down' action when selecting reverse.

 

I have a quaife quickshift leaver on my viva (to clear the handbrake) installed to an escort 1100 gearbox (integral bellhousing). I have the exact same problem you have mentioned here, I can put in reverse without pushing the leaver down. I got used to it but only because the noise of putting in reverse and putting in first is different (i dont have a stereo)

 

any ideas why? its kind of... dangerous, especially after seeing my brother almost reversing into my estate

 

 

The one I have from rally design buzzes like hell, do the quafe ones?

 

mine buzzes too, but thats what free gear is there for!

[Ken B]

Rally des ones buzz cos they have a 50p bearing in them.

 

My Quaife, the reverse function works like it should. The only thing it was very tight in the hole in box, but i think that was down to a small burr on the box itself.

[Noodles]

I get white hand off mine

[BIG G]

My quaife lever buzzes like a vibrator in a bucket of bolts and i hate it

[sarkie83]

haha, now i really am torn!

[livewire7116]

the rose jointed ones are the way to go, it will be the best £50 you will ever spend, well next to by a tran-x box, they take some serious abuse, i used to have a kit on my mk2 when i was road rallying and broke it a few times.