widowedeight

I was wondering if anyone here knew what piece I had to replace to fix my shifter linkage, it broke this weekend while I shifted into third, broke where the metal ball and plastic piece connect, right now they are taped together so help asap would be appretiatied

widowedeight

Bump

CudaJoe

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Chevrolet Cobalt SS/SC Short Shifter - TWM Performance Cobalt SS/SC Short Shifters

possibly the cable clamp? see it in this pic? Thats TWMs replacement to take care of the crappy OEM one. watch the vid.

BYT*SS*TURBO

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I made a thread on this awhile back with a cheap quick fix. It actually held together for me for several track days then failed finally again. Morad Parts sells salvage parts and can get you the linkage clamp pieces by themselves.

widowedeight

Thanks alot to both of you, BYT i need to talk to you about getting a tune but I need u to look at my tune first cause when I go into second anything below 45mph I am only boosting 15 instead of 21 like I am tuned for and I wanna make sure everything is running right before you tune me

jpower102

I just got my piece replaced under warranty today .. I'll look into that metal piece soon though

mongorat427

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I have the clamps here in stock. Im guessing you need the big one. PM sent

Boosted4

+1 I have the TWM piece and its great. I broke two plastic linkage pieces from NLS'ing 2nd-3rd gear. I have had absolutely no issues since installing the TWM piece.

mongorat427

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Thats the way I went. No problems since

RBC

My stock linkage just broke tonight, after 40k miles and well over 100 passes. Anyone have a link to a cheap easy fix.

soundjunky

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oh?

I occasionally have a goobered shift for no apparent reason... then yesterday I was cleaning the car and noticed alot of plastic "shavings" all over and around my shifter mechanism (under the boot)...

I looked at the link and didn't see anything aside from a whole shifter assembly;
if there is some kind of kid that upgrades a flaw in the factory setup, that I would be interested in, but I am not interested in an aftermarket shifter.

oh?

now I'm mildly concerned...

EDIT: nevermind;
even though I found no link on their site, or via the page linked earlier, I opened the video on the bottom of the SS/TC page in Youtube (instead of streamed to their page) - on that page is the link.

Wow... $100.

http://www.twmperformance.com/cobaltcableclamp.htm

Is nothing cheap anymore?

mongorat427

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I have some stock clips $15 ea

soundjunky

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thanks but I have a spare "parts" car at the moment...

before I read this thread I was thinking that it's weird that my 20 year old GM-FWD seems to shift better than my cobalt ~ then again it doesn't have any plastic bits on the shifter assembly...

RAIDERNATION 433

I fell you pain! same damn thing happen to me. Stupid Gm using cheap plastic parts. It was covered and the dealership replaced it. The put a whole new shifter along with the plastic linkage

alerosaint

my plastic broke tonight at the track....I was stuck in 3rd...needless to say that was an interesting drive home....does anyone know how to get the car into 4th gear..so when my twm clamp reach i can install it

Boosted4

I broke two linkage pieces before installing the TWM piece. Just pull the shift cable with your hand. You just have to pull slowly and you can feel it going into different gears. You should be able to get it into 4th gear with no problem.

alerosaint

thx for the info....pull it under the hood or at the shifter??

Boosted4

At the shifter. Pull on the cable that the broken linkage was connected to.

alerosaint

clutch in as usual??

Boosted4

Yea you can use the clutch. If you're currently in 3rd gear, you should actually have to push the cable forward to reach 4th.