i installed a hurst shifter on my car, and i feel like it shifts like ****, i mean the shifter feels like its precise and all but i feel like i need to use a bit extra force to move the shifter. I lubricated it and everything and i double checked everything and all looks good? do i have to wait a few days for the shifter to "break in"? because all of the other shifters i have installed have felt stiff for a few days after the isntall, then seem like they loosen up a few days later

 

Could be becuase the shifter itself is shorter, thus you have less leverage and require more force to shift a gear. Just a thought though...

 

You might need to keep adjusting it. It sounds like it might be getting hung up somewhere.

 

how would i adjust it?

 

You need to move the white plastic clip things until you get it right.

Use this for reference. https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/how-guide-43/how-hurst-short-throw-shifter-61492/

 

white plastic clips as in the linkage?

 

The clip on the linkage. unclip it move the shifter over to the pass side a bit and clip it back on. I had one of those shifters and it was a piece of **** . I couldn't wait to take it out of the car. It made 3rd gear knochy, and for reverse I had to sand the lock out gate down to make it work smooth.
Hurst droped the ball on this thing.
JUst my 2C

 

^^^ yep, what stealthy said!!!!

there are plenty on here who are very happy w/ the HURST... including myself

 

9 times out of 10 any issues with short shifters is due to install.

adjustment time

hurst is hot **** when installed properly

 

I don't care what any of you say. I think the hurst shifter is a POS. 3rd gear is not lined up correctly once you move the cable to make 5th and r work properly.

 

I agree I installed a hurst today and took it right back out its a BIG POS!!!! if I go with another it will b&m I do not see every one with problems out of there B&M!

 

i just like the stock shifter lol

 

I just installed my B&M last night, I'm liking it so far. Getting ready to leave for the track now. Gonna see if I need to fine tune it at all there.

 

^^ I love that racing in December. It is -20*c here.
I just cut my stock one down.5th takes a bit to get used to.

 

man its about 80 degrees here. i'm sitting in the staging lanes right now waiting my turn

 

I got my hurst to work but it took a lot of cuting ! And some adjusting to !! I still think they should istall better than they do to be a bolt on part!

 

The Hurst is no worse than the B&M. I had the B&M before the Hurst came out.
If I did'nt f'up my stock shift knob I would still be using the stocker. For the money
niether one is really worth it IMO.

 

is there a hurst shifter for the 2.4 yet?

 

I just bought mine, hope it works out...

 

Adjust the shifter cable.

later

 

I just helped curtis (firestorm) adjust his hurst, took 3 minutes to have it feeling exactly like stock shift points.
just like mine.


sorry guys, you can blame the part all you want, but if you dont install it properly, its not going to work.
spend some time adjusting the cables properly.

 

how do you adjust the cables, and i was not blaming the part at all

 

nah not you. but theres quite a few people who rip on the hurst shifter because they didnt install it right.

what you do, is move the shifter left to right, once you see which cable is controlling that motion....put it back in the neutral position and unclip the white clip from that cable

now move the shifter SLIGHTLY to the left, and reclip it.

see how that works.

from there its rinse/repeat until you find that sweetspot where all the gears feel like butter

 

thanks, im going to try it tomorrow, as well as start my projector retrofit. good thing i voted for you for cotm lol

i also have to fix that little ball thing with the set screw that got stripped lol, time to get out the drill

 

ive heard a few guys who had that problem picked up a new setscrew at home depot