Broken 3/4 shift rail ends..

[bastarddsm]

I've broken quite a few over the years, and the ones in the early transmissions were especially weak. Broke one in my dogbox which I figured out after the fact could have been bad, as you can get a dogbox in 2 gears at the same time then pretty easy. Anyway I finally finished up a few billet chrome moly shift rail ends to replace the crappy cast ones in the early transmissions. All my crap uses 90-91 trans cases so I made a few for all my cars. Thought some might like to see the shiny before they go inside.

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[clutchtamer]

I know just about zero about a DSM transmission, so I don't know if something like the shift rail stops I made for my faceplated Ford Toploader 4spd could help soften the hit on your shift rail ends.

With a faceplated Toploader, adding shift rail stops keeps the inertia of the shift rails from pounding/cracking the shift forks when the sliders suddenly slam into engagement. My stops are just aluminum sleeves installed over the rails and Loctited in place. It was easy to see what was needed with the removable top on the Toploader, might need to cut a hole in an old case to figure out what's needed inside a DSM trans. Here's a shot showing the aluminum rail stops inside my Toploader...

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Grant

 

[bastarddsm]

Not on these so much, there are stops built into the cases that work good.

The trouble with these is the cast steel part with a very thin cross section. Mitsubishi knew it was a problem as they updated them in late 1991, and the Evos (rally race car) got a very strong forged steel end with even more cross section. That was the go-to on these, but they are discontinued from Mitsubishi, and they don't just drop in the early cases.

I get a fair amount of the early stuff through my doors, and I run the early stuff in my car, so I fixed the problem.

 

[clutchtamer]

If nobody checked, could be the factory rail stop location may not be effective after faceplates are installed. I shorten up the slider travel distance in the Toploader when I install the dog rings on the gears. When Liberty faceplates a Toploader, their slider travel distance is quite a bit farther than mine. Same stops wouldn't work for both. I guess my point is the stock stop locations may not work after installing dogs.

Grant

 

[JanMorales]

I've broken quite a few over the years, and the ones in the early transmissions were especially weak. Broke one in my dogbox which I figured out after the fact could have been bad, as you can get a dogbox in 2 gears at the same time then pretty easy. Anyway I finally finished up a few billet chrome moly shift rail ends to replace the crappy cast ones in the early transmissions. All my crap uses 90-91 trans cases so I made a few for all my cars. Thought some might like to see the shiny before they go inside.

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