How to install short throw shifter Vw Jetta, golf & beetle mk4 

thanks for watching.

Or just dont use this shifter cuz its junk.

welcome

this is the crappiest video I have. Plus dont use this shifter, get one from diesel geek.

@@CoolAirVw okey thanks for the advice

goodtip.

send me your intall i wanna do it but this guy doing the most

Mind giving any tips?

Glad I saw this comment. Lol

dont use this one. Get dieselgeek sigma 5 shifter

Model 2003 bro, my original shifter it is the same as the video

@@felitsboosted3480 es la misma palanca, ya la pusiste?

gracias, denada

this is about the crappiest video I got. But thanks.

This is one of my worst video's. Thanks for the comment.

I certainly did struggle with it. I learned later that pulling the torx bolt out helps. Probably need a impact driver tool to get it out because its tight.

@@CoolAirVw Nah, it's snug in there with some threadlocker but it comes out fairly easy with hand tools.

My suggestion is to use the stock parts.

Oh yea! Right.

this is my worst video! But thanks for watching.

It should fit. My personal opinion is skip this one and get a diesel geek one that bolts to the transmission.

He forgot the spring...

At 12:11 you see the "pivot arm" extending downwards into the shifter housing. It will not slide out because it is down inside the shifter housing. To remove the "pivot arm" you have to first remove the shifter handle, in order to rotate the "pivot arm" out of the slot that it reaches down into. You might be able to install this shifter in the car, but the cat has to come out. Its super easy to remove the whole shifter once the cat is out.

Certainly struggled, but I got it done.. Should have taken out the damned torx bolt.

Its picky and finicky. (hard) I did one before this less that a month before.

CoolAirVw Rm i dont prefer the reverse lock out but i do like that ecs shifter

Since there is no pin on this shifter assembly you have to just adjust it by feel. Or maybe, pin the trans and have a helper hold the shifter against the reverse lockout and then lock down the adjust ment "springs".

Thanks for watching and commenting on my video. This is a close tie for number one on what is my worst produced video! Your comment is very true!

probably. You would have some very hard, notchy shifter effort though,. I would suggest not.

@@CoolAirVw good to know. Thanks. I just remember the days of my integra with DC short shifter. It was so small and the throw between gears was maybe 2 inches if that.

@@bertmollar Using the audi style or the diesel geek aftermarket one that is installed at the trans is much easier install. I would choose those over this one. Thanks for watching.

Yes, but honestly it's not worth it. Get the cable upgrades that go in the engine bay for a noticeable difference. Also, get the dieselgeek bushing kit. I have an audi tt and I did the bushing upgrade this weekend and it's AMAZING!! Like a whole new car. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kPII13ZUBZE.html

although there are other videos out there, I should do one. I'm sure if you searched you would find the other vids. Dont use this shifter though. (junk)

Thomas EXOVCDS they got hot as Fuck in the summer 😂😂

Jesse 6661 LOL... I guess they could.

Yeah I should have. I read somewhere they are locktited and a problem. Hindsite. But this shifter is garbage. Get a deisel geek one that bolts onto the trans.

Originally when you adjust the shifter you pin the shift tower at the trans and pin the shifter under the shift boot. Pinning it underk the shift boot holds the shifter in the neutral gate up against the reverse lock out. So since this shifter doesn't have the hole for pinning, you simply pin the shifter tower at the trans and have a helper hold the shifter in the neutral gate up against the reverse lockout (to the left), then adjust your cables just like its a stock shifter.

@@CoolAirVw move straight left or left and toward the driver like where the factory holes are?

@@brandonbarnes5585 left

Yes you can. I put a old porcelain knob with a old vw emplem on it, just had to run a die down to change the thread pitch.

@@CoolAirVw i appreciate the response. keep up the good content sir!

@@roguegoat6901 Thanks

What’s the thread on this tower? I have it in my car and found a better knob but need dimensions to order

Thanks for watching. watch at 14:48 and I show you how it does it.

The metal collar that gets installed is what dictates how reverse is selected. On the stock assembly the collar has a cutout that forces the driver to select reverse by pressing down. On the aftermarket assembly the collar is bent so that it is raised. This raise dictates that the purple over shaft must be lifted over the bent portion of the collar in order to access reverse. This shift assembly changes the way that reverse is accessed entirely.

Correction Push down go all the way left then up

No

Yeah, I did struggle. Your comment is nothing new. Read the others.

@@CoolAirVw I can give you credit tho you won't work on a vw without struggling sometimes.

yea.

trial and error.

I did trial and error

And I got a b&m one

This is my worst video, and dont use this shifter.

Yes I agree. This thing was junk.

yeah lol I usually lay my stuff out nicely on a padded tray.

right? that pissed me off .. and its not even mine

Maybe look into diesel geek sigma 5 shifter.

thanks

Yeah, this shifter was crappy. (*this video was crappy too). I installed two of these and both customers had me remove them within a year.

You probably installed the purple part upside down.

I wish I would have! Would have saved a whole lot of viewers time commenting! Thanks for watching! FYI., this shifter sucks! Go with the sigma 5 shifter from diesel geek.

Actually you'd probably be better off with the short throw shifter kit from dieselgeek.com

I dont recommend this shifter at all. If you have a 02a I might suggest looking into upgrading the shift tower and cables with parts from 2001 -2004. After that the diesel geek shifter is good.

LOL! Thanks for watching.

Post up your video on it or post up the one that is better.

He did fine if you cant understand it your jus an idiot and cant do it better theres a reason your here

@@btmeimshxdow3929 much easier ways to do it lol don't have to take the shifter box out of the car lol

@@jamesknopps4583 is there a video on that because i just bought this for my beetle and by the seems of all that work im lost

@@fruitfulfigtree2195 look up diesel brothers

yeah, this video sucked didn't it. but in hindsight the shifter sucked too! it had problems then later customer decided to remove it and go back to stock.

Diesel geek kit is easier to install.

Yeah.

dont use this shifter.

Hey! Nice tip. Post up a video.

thanks for your comment, Zach. I own about 11 mk4 jetta's of which half are manual trans so I assure you I know how to put one in reverse. Plus I run a Vw specialty shop so I think I know how it works. I would assume Zach is commenting regarding 14:42. This type of aftermarket shifter is different from the factory set up and has a different reverse lockout. On this shifter you pull up on the collar to make it go in reverse. Obviously Zach has never installed a aftermarket shifter like this, and never even driven one or else he would know this. Zach makes a comment because hes so dang sure, but he is so dang wrong, which makes him look like he is sticking his foot in his mouth. Anyone on the internet can comment, even if they don't know and have no experience, and are free to just throw any comment out there, despite whether they know anything or not. That's the beauty of the internet.

+zack prow What a douche comment. I've seen his other videos and they are very helpful. Nothing you are saying makes a difference.

dude you are clueless

@zack 🤦🏻‍♂️ 🤦🏻‍♂️ 🤦🏻‍♂️

Dont be That Guy.

I'm making repair videos. Your watching them.? Hmmmmnn??