I am just wondering if anyone has been breaking there shift linkage in there car after they put in anyu short throw. I havent installed it yet but i have the TWM STS and if this is the reason why they are breaking i dont think i am going to do the swap. HELP PLEASE!!!

Thanks

 

I'm pretty sure the stock shifter is what most guys are breaking their linkage with. Since you are installing a short throw, you will not have as much leverage while shifting, therefore, it should be harder to break your linkage :-)

 

no problems here about 16K with the TWM now

 

4 yrs with the B&M in my LSJ and 4 months now with the LNF and never a problem. You don't need to yank the snot outta the shifter, be gentle with it.

 

13k miles on my twm, no problems at all

 

I'm about to get in on that sweet deal for the Hurst..anyone had any issues with that one?

 

everyone has issues with the hurst. i was gonna get on that deal to, for that price its hard not to, but if you search you'll find so many problems with it.

 

yup, broke mine going into third.

 

so far ive had the hurst for maybe a month and a half. no problems as of yet with it. i used liquid cement for the set screw so im hoping it doesnt come loose. if it does im going to tap it with a stronger screw instead of that little allen key screw

 

Hmm...maybe the deal isn't so good then? Anyone else having issues with their Hurst STS?

 

No need for liquid cement or tapping for a set screw with the twm. Yeah it is quite a bit more, but it won't give you any problems and make you wish you spent the money right the first time. If you search there are more than enough threads of horror stories for the hurst and b&m sts. Just trying to shine some light.

 

I had the B&M on my ss/sc with no probs at all. And now I have the Hurst on my ss/tc with no problems, put a little loctite on the threads and the set screw wont move. It may be install error on some peoples part because they are a pain to get set correctly but once they are set its good to go.

 

your going to find people who love and hate them all. I know of a few people who love the hurst, while I know of a few people who broke cables with the B&M and heard both that they liked them too. I have the TWM..had it for 5k miles, love it....it just gets really hot haha

 

I have the TWM also. goin on 15,000miles with it. zero problems

 

thanks for the help guys. it is getting installed tmw.

 

I had 11k on my origional shifter on my 07 Cobalt SS/SC. No linkage break. I have a TWM STS on my 09 Cobalt SS/TC (traded my 07 Cobalt SS/SC for SS/TC). Have 1k with no problems. I can't believe the linkage on the OEM STS are plastic (el cheapo). Glad I got the TWM (mucho grande). You made a good choice going to TWM. I'm glad I didn't go to hurst or B&M.

 

TWM is by far supirior. I had a Hurst sts and broke it with in a month. Piece of ****... I then read on here that the TWM was the ****. I have had the TWM in my car for about 14 months now with a weighted shift knob and the aluminum bushings. It is the ****. Plain and simple. Solid, easy and perfect shifts, and you can't break it no matter how hard you try (though you shouldn't try, haha).

 

ive had the twm for about a year now and no issues..

 

Had the Hurst for almost 2 years, never had an issue with it, and i love it.

 

So I broke the linkage with the stock shifter, pop it back into place, so will a TWM fix the problem because if I shift firm the linkage now pops out easy.

 

Your probably going to need to replace the white plastic clip then for the linkage. Either that or the yellow plastic thats on the actual cable is stripped and the needs to be replaced. Pics help as well.


Had my TWM Weighted Shift knob for over 10k. Its **** with no problems.

 

No...TWM SS is the shifter itself, not the shifter linkage.....To the dealer you need to go!

 

Yeah. Alot of people think that short throw means "I can shift really fast now"!

 

Yeah the dealer just pops it in place and says here ya go it's fixed, ******* stealerships

 

X2 ^^^ That is true. We need to figure out a ULTIMATE fix for this. Read over this thread, and somebody said about putting liquid cement, or liquid steel ( JB Weld), and maybe we can figure something out to fix that **** finally.