KAD(esque) Quickshift
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Just wondering what people think of the mock KAD quickshifts on ebay? A dead ringer only a third of the price. What do you reckon?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/QUICK-SHIFT-GEAR-LEV...2QQcmdZViewItem

http://www.minispeed.co.uk/classic/index.c...t&id=kad1013216

The one I bought did not work properly. After a while I could not get top gear. Problem is the circlip at the end is too big and it fouls the housing.



In the end I ended up spending a lot more money because I then bought a KAD one.

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Aha! Right OK, avoid like the plague then. How can they produce an EXACT copy of the real thing (without the quality of course)? I knew there was a reason for the cheap price. £90 it is then for a proper KAD. Next month of course.

Oh oh another thing, what way does the new lift collar thing work on the proper KAD? I mean, are you stuck with their knob or can you still swap them over?

No experiance of this particular item, but i'd never buy the copy. I find the same thing with the copied panels and other aftermarket stuff, if you have the time to play with it to make it work - its fine, but if you dont have the time your better off buying the original for, often, conciderably more.

I've seen the future and tbh its Pie

I cut the top cup section of an old housing, and fixed it to the top of my normal gearstick base, then lengthened my gearstick to make a DIY quickshift

It only broke once, so I considered it a reasonable success !!!! Broke when doing a standing start race with a new 2door STI back in 1998 or so..
It was neck and neck on a rolling start from like 40-140. Gearstick came off in my hand grabbing second on the standing start tho !!!! lol
It broke where I welded it to lengthen it at the bottom.

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speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

You can swap to a different knob, but you need to get one with the same thread! Are you mounting your gear arrangement internally?? If you are you wont be able to shorten the KAD. (without it being a pain in the ass anyway)

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i have a copy short shift and have had no problems so far over 4 year use, cant see all the fuss realy

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Just swaping out my stock shifter for a KAD (well enventually). That's OK, I think I can get my current knob to fit the KAD.

I got a fake KAD quickshift for a Crissy pezzy and tried to fit it today.. Bottom line is that the thing is OK in theory but crap on execution, but I think I got it sorted.

First problem was that the nylon ball that is held on by the 2 circlips was too big. I mounted it on a dremel and reduced it a bit with some sandpaper. Once that slipped in and was OK I found that the lift pin that allows you to get into reverse was not lifting enough to get reverse. I found you can unscrew the lifting ring and it exposes a roll pin, knock the roll pin out and the lift pin and its wire drop out. The wire has a loop at the top which the roll pin goes through. I shortened the wire by redoing the wire loop just enough to make sure the lift pin goes all the way up when you lift the ring. Now it selects all gears and reverse works fine.

Of course my cars not running yet so not 100% sure but it feels fine when I connect it to the gearbox, all gears select OK..

Good point on the circlips Paul, I'll look into some different types that dont stick out so much..

Edited by Turbo Tel on 25th Feb, 2008.

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I ended up splashing out on a genuine KAD. Best £100 I have spent on the car. It took a few hundred miles to loosen up but even on a worn gearbox it feels great with a much reduced throw (although slightly increased effort). I just need to change over the rubber mounts on the slector housing as they are pretty loose.

Understood, with the exchange rate and all the genuine KAD is a bit much.. I'm going to try this for a while esp as it was free!










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Edited by Turbo Tel on 25th Feb, 2008.

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Yeah, with the exchange rate I can get a 383 small block chev from the US for under £3500k!

Wow took you a year exactly to save up for the shifter!!!!

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Don't talk about V8's Me and a mate are already eyeing up a 3.9 rangey sat on the drive, then at the mini wondering if it will fit! That may be the next project.

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Yes it has been done several times (MadMatt has done it), I think there's a nice 5 speed FWD box that can be used in the conversion too.

Yeah ha!

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Edited by Sprocket on 26th Feb, 2008.

If thats the case sprocket I guess a couple of pictures are in order

Here it is disassembled, you can see the wire and loop. I shortened the wire to make sure the pin lifts all the way up. The white nylon "ball" on the end was too big so I sanded it down by mounting it on my Dremel but only enogh to force it in, i.e its still tight..



Heres the pin, mine stuck out at least twice that amount (theres a quote if ever I saw one!) it wont get reverse unless the pin goes all the way into the shaft


Like this...

Edited by Turbo Tel on 19th Jun, 2008.

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Like a flash back

Edited by Sprocket on 26th Feb, 2008.

is this the ebay jobbie?

Not sure, Got mine in USA.. sure it came from UK though.


http://www.gbcarparts.com/proddetail.asp?prod=Qshiftks


Minimania also has it.. Those guys are ripoff artists for sure, The Genuine KAD is that price in UK!!

http://www.minimania.com/web/Item/C%2D22A1...S/InvDetail.cfm

Edited by Turbo Tel on 27th Feb, 2008.

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