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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 04:08 PM
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I was down at my mother's house fixing her disposal and found an old wind chime in the basement that uses the anodized aluminum tubes. So I took it and thought hey, shifter covers since I had removed my heel shifter! I then went into my shed and grabbed an old hose that I had that would be perfect and started cutting that up. I took one piece of aluminum, taped it up so the cutter wouldn't hurt it and cut it with a tubing cutter to the size I needed. Slid the hose inside the tubing and installed it and voila!


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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 04:16 PM
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LOL, you kill me Dawg. A cap for the spline is only 4 bucks.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 04:19 PM
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Yea but I didn't like the cap because I like to have my shifter moved out instead of inside.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 04:34 PM
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Kinda took the chime out of it [X(]
 
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 04:40 PM
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Yea but I didn't like the cap because I like to have my shifter moved out instead of inside.
Ahhhh, thats cool then. I like mine on the inside, gives me foot room and I think it causes less stress on the shaft. Never the less, its a great inexpensive mod.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 04:52 PM
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What the......Hey McGyver, no bailing wire or toothpicks or duct tape? [&:]How does he do it???
 
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 04:53 PM
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When did the MoCo add the grease fitting?
 
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When did the MoCo add the grease fitting?
Used to have it on EVO's. I put it on my 04 and this one too. Shoot a dab of grease in there to keep shifter smooth
 
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When did the MoCo add the grease fitting?
Used to have it on EVO's. I put it on my 04 and this one too. Shoot a dab of grease in there to keep shifter smooth
Stock part or dawg special?
 
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Stock part or dawg special?
Actually I guess you could say stock because I removed it from the steering neck and installed a 45 degree grease zerk there to make it easier to grease that and then took the stock one and put it on my shifter sleeve in the primary
 
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