Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Mart do you find that it was hard to change around with the single shifter.. would two shifters be worth the hassle (for ease of uses sake?)
would be interesting to know.

If I had a choice I would have dual shifters , still might look into buying one as I have seen some good one's on other sites and they come with the dual boot cover , so no oil leaking out. One reason for this is while I was at Appin climbing a step the transfer jumped out of 4wd into two wheel drive , this made the shifter useless as it jammed and I could not select any drive. The way the gates are set up in the shifter mechanism when it jumps out of 4wd it jams the shifter. This is because you need to grind a new gate in the 2wd/4wd selector rod and remove the ball bearing out of the centre of the shifting gates , this detent ball stops it jumping out of 4wd in a standard transfer as only one rod can be selected at a time. When it jams you need to remove shifter , realign gates and put the shifter back in. The shifter retaining ring needs to be Half mooned at the front to allow the shifter rod to go far enough forward to push it into 2wd. When changing the transfer you need to be very careful and precise about what you are doing , so best case scenario would be to have dual shifters , second , grind a new gate into shifter rod and be careful how you go. I have only ever had the one problem with it and it does work well , and does turn much better in 2wd low , so if you find one with the twin boot cover let me know and I might get one too , Cheers Paul.

rock4xfabrication.com (?) have the twin boot for homemade twin shifters for 47US bucks.. bit pricey but does look neater and would help in case of a roll
i am sourcing a second shifter now but may have a spare 1.3 shifter for ya if you want. ill pm ya when its all sorted.

Gwagensteve wrote:not stirring the pot, but if you war very careful and smooth you can get from high to low on the move, but there has to be NO load on the case- flat ground, dip the clutch at about walking pace, and it MIGHT go in.

If you have reduction gears the speed difference is huge and it is very hard to get it to work.

Because it can't be done under any load it's pretty pointless anyway.

2WD to 4WD is no problem on the move.

Steve.

sorry i thought he said shifting on the fly not shifting at a slow walking pace
for the speed you have to slow down to get it to shift from high to low you may as well be stopped

just had a look at zuw they have some cool twinstick ideas there might buy one for the rust bucket