[SuperWade2]

Originally Posted by Jerry Bransford

That's in 2Hi of course. In 4Lo, it's all the way to the rear of the slot and there is maybe an inch of the cane showing under the knob above the shifter slot.

Thanks, I think that's what I was thinking too with going forward in 2H..... Is that forward bend about at the body opening, or just a tad above?

[Tim]

here is mine in 2 hi all the way forward is 2 lo. i rigged it so the cane is short. only the knob sticks out when in 2 hi.

[Brew461]

Subscribed. I'll be swapping one these in soon. Nice discussion. Thanks.

[SuperWade2]

Will this work?

'bout $50 at the 'depot

[paine]

I have a thread I posted awhile ago about my TC popping out of 4H, from what it says on Novak's site it should stop that. Has anyone had any experience with this problem and this shifter set up? Looks like its a pain to install but I would rather deal with it then deal with the popping out of 4h and grinding.

[RVA_TJ06]

I had the same problem fitting mine in.. The shifter on mine is actually backwards from the old style that jerry has.... I forgot to take pics of it.. but if I remember tomorrow I will...

[SuperWade2]

Originally Posted by paine

I have a thread I posted awhile ago about my TC popping out of 4H, from what it says on Novak's site it should stop that. Has anyone had any experience with this problem and this shifter set up? Looks like its a pain to install but I would rather deal with it then deal with the popping out of 4h and grinding.

When I could actually get mine in 4Lo it would more often than not pop out... I tried adjusting the stock linkage and it didn't help... There are other kits out there that relocate the stock linkage from the body/tub mount to the T-Case itself that some people do have good luck with. After looking at the stock setup I thought the Novak setup looked much more direct and didn't want to have to do the work twice...

Now the Cane Bending stuff is overly painful, but I HOPE that once it's dialed in, I won't have to mess with it till I go to a STaK or Atlas dual stick setup (which is down the road a good ways, years maybe)...

[SuperWade2]

Originally Posted by RVA_TJ06

I had the same problem fitting mine in.. The shifter on mine is actually backwards from the old style that jerry has.... I forgot to take pics of it.. but if I remember tomorrow I will...

I thought Jerry, and mine are the "newer" style, which retains the stock Front to Back shifting pattern... the "older" units had a reverse shift pattern... I could be wrong, it seems to happen quite often...

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[RVA_TJ06]

I actually pmed Jerry a couple of times about the shifter.. he from what I remember has the old style which is reversed..

[SuperWade2]

Originally Posted by RVA_TJ06

I actually pmed Jerry a couple of times about the shifter.. he from what I remember has the old style which is reversed..

From his pic, posted above, he said the most forward position was 2H and back was 4Lo, which is the same setup as mine (and stock)...

[Tim]

yup my old style is reversed. i prefer it that way

[ROUGHSHOD]

Check this out for bend ideas - I didn't cut the shifter down at all and left everything connected as it was shipped...

http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i204/jjk6359/NOVAKpics/

[paine]

couldn't it just be bent to mimic the stock shifter style handle? Can you use the stock shifter handle?

[Kenbo-Slice]

Not to jump in, but I did a little poke around and found this step by step install. Not sure if its the old or new style, but worth a look. Heres a link, in case you want to check it out.
http://www.rockcrawler.com/techreports/novak_shifter/page2.asp

[SuperWade2]

Originally Posted by SuperWade2

Will this work?

'bout $50 at the 'depot

Played with this this evening... I'm pretty sure it will get it hot enough to bend...

BUT as I was heating and trying to move a little bit with the pipe over the top, one complete side of my vice LITERALLY snapped off... So I guess I get to buy a new vice now also and try to heat up again tomorrow...

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