Steeda Tri Ax Questions

[crunchie12268]

Okay, it was my birthday yesterday (finally 18!!!! WHOOAAA) and my girlfriend got me a Steeda Tri Ax Shifter..... man this thing is sweet, to bad it is covered by the other stuff. Also it is really light... okay anyways. I installed it and it shifts like a BEAST, I couldn't believe it. But here is the TECH QUESTION:

I was driving it and about 10 minutes later I get on it again and it rattles when I floor it. The whole car vibrates like usual but I was wondering what this is? It sounds like metal tapping metal, I don't know if it is the little BOOTGUARD (little washer) that is tapping against the handle? But it only does it when I floor it. Another question.... does your guys car vibrate when you accelerate hard? Please help me out, I really want to drive this thing... so please help... THANKS!!

 

[crunchie12268]

pleeeeeeeaaaaaaaaasssssssssseeeeeeeee respond

 

[ARed1995GT]

is everything completely tight? what kind of vibration do you mean, car jolts/bogs/just shakes a little? how fast are you going when you floor it

 

[crunchie12268]

Okay I think I figured out what the vibration is, I think it is the little washer that goes around the shifter arm. It rattles against the shifter when I floor it. And also, is this thing suppose to whine as loud as it does.... it sounds like my fuel pump if I was right next to it.

 

[cobradvm]

A couple of things - the whine is likely from your transmission - it was always there, but is just being transmitted because you have a solid shifter and no rubber in it at all to dampen the vibrations. The rattling you are hearing may be because your stop bolts are too close to the shifter - these are the bolts that prevent you from over extending the shifter when you slam from gear to gear - try backing them out a half turn and see if that helps.

Howard

 

[5.0 Nostalgia]

I had the same problem when I purchased my car. The shifter was already on the car but new. A clicking noise was present in 2nd and 4th gear. I pulled the shifter apart, took the bootguard off, and adjusted the stops. I was told my someone on hear that the bootguard probably was not causing the problem. Because I did two things while I had the shifter off, I don't know exactly what stopped it.

Take the boot off, pull off the bootguard, and adjust the stops. Put the shifter in third, adjust the stop so that it makes contact with the handle, then take one full turn away from the handle. Then put it in fourth and do the same thing.

 

[5spd GT]

Yeah the whine is normal...because you don't have that rubber there to absorb that sound...again that is normal...don't worry about that

On the shifter vibration (if you haven't officially fixed it)...are you sure the ball of the shifter (bottom) went into the plastic cup on the transmission...it is common for the plastic cup to fall out when replacing/removing shifter...it hadn't to me...and the shifter still shifted good but it was loose when it was in gear because the cup didn't "surround" it...and the shifter would vibrate in the upper rpms...

Good Luck