Stiff Shift 1.0 (Yanoo Kits)

[MarcB]

So i had bought a yanoo kit and decided to get it fitted, Done everything it says in the full instruction booklet that i printed off and it fits perfect but I'm a little unsure on a couple of things.
Can anyone with a kit fitted point me in the correct direction (i have also PM'd Yanoo himself)

With the Kit i got a small red rubber ball insert but as the ball on my Trophy is one that is non-split does this means i cant change it at all ?

I get very very bad vibrations through the gearstick since fitting it and it rattles away. I have taken a short video but it will need to be played loud to hear it enough or even with full volume and headphones.

I also don't notice any difference in having it there as the black rubber donut that was taken out was rather stiff and not worn at all.

 

[MG cup]

If you want it stiffer Marc just tighten it up, that's the benefit of it. Something will be loose or the ball or stiff shift will be rattling in the plastic podium.

 

[MarcB]

How is it possible to tighten up and make it stiffer ?

I have the very first kit which i believe is not adjustable

 

[MG cup]

Ah well your stuffed then

There is allen bolts on the later ones body's that tighten it around the ball, the rattling will be something loose/worn unless you have set it up actually touching something underneath the car, did you do the brash bushes?

 

[GrahamS]

my stick rattle at about 60 with the 1.0 kit. Clios rattle lots though so I just rest my knee on it occasionally.

The Red ball will fit absolutely fine

 

[Gally]

Is it actually tighter in the gearchange Marc

 

[Yanoo]

You have the non-split type gear ball, you cannot fit the red ball insert. Because the ball joint housing is made of alloy, it cannot damp the vibration that is coming from the engine. It means, if your engine mounts are worn (and your engine doesn't run smoothly), you can feel more vibration on the gear knob. As it is written in the fitting instruction, immaculate engine mounts are needed for the perfect operation.

 

[MarcB]

I have a powerflex dogbone mount that gives a very small amount of vibration through the whole car and i have a Yozza also so the car is loud.

I personally dont feel or see any difference in the kit so for me its not uprated anything but its not made anything worse.
I guess i will either be looking at getting new engine mounts which is going to be costly in comparison to just going back to standard.

Is there no way atall i can do anything regarding the red rubber ball insert as i was told that if this did fit it would defiantly make it tighter. Would the Stiff shift 2.0 / 3.0 not make any difference ?

What about fully fitting the whole kit to a PH1 gear assembly ?

 

[Yanoo]

This kit is made for replacing the worn gear linkage parts, especially the big black rubber ball joint housing. That housing usually becomes malformed after approx. 60k miles, causing huge play. It feels like you can shift gears in neutral. You wrote that this part was "rather stiff and not worn at all". In other word it was needless to be replaced. :S On request I can make bigger diameter red ball insert, it causes more stiffness over the base setup, but you could fit it to a Ph1 gear assembly (split-type gear ball) only. 3.0 would make difference. When it is loosened, it works like 1.0 But when it is tightened, it becomes more stiff (regardless which gear ball type you have or what diameter ball insert fitted), the shift force (the force to get it into gear) becomes heavier, you can tune it easily to your demand.

 

[MarcB]

That housing usually becomes malformed after approx. 60k miles, causing huge play. It feels like you can shift gears in neutral. You wrote that this part was "rather stiff and not worn at all". In other word it was needless to be replaced. :S

I was unaware of this untill the big rubber donut was taken out.

On request I can make bigger diameter red ball insert, it causes more stiffness over the base setup.

Does this mean that i can keep the standard 182 non-split type gear ball if you made the above ?

Thanks

 

[Yanoo]

No, you can't because bigger diameter red insert can be applied on split-type gear ball. But if you use 3.0, you can keep the standard 182 non-split type gear ball.

 

[MarcB]

So the Stiff Shift 3.0 is my best bet for the non-split type gear ball ?

Can you PM Me over prices and the website address again ?

 

[Yanoo]

PM sent

 

[gavin.potter]

Where do I get these from?

 

[Chi]

Yanoo

 

[Tim.]

Where do I get these from?

I've got one you can have, Gavin.

I bought it but just never got round to fitting it. I'm happy to dig it out and send you as many pictures as you wish.

 

[bozothenutter]

get the fast road kit.....lurvely bit of kit, and Yanoo assembled the whole thing for me too!

 

[gavin.potter]

Thanks Tim having a think, what's this fast road kit?

 

[bozothenutter]

longer stick (3.5) cm with a 10%shortshift making the overall movement the same (I think of it as a halfway house to the pure kit)
and when an aftermarket wheel is mounted the stick can be adjusted a little to the rear.

http://www.dp-automotive.hu/dpa_developments.html#q2