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03-14-2018, 12:56 PM

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s65e90

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Funny about the mention of wear, I retrofited my fixtures on my custom CNC machine to delrin plastic with Teflon because of wear issues over about 3 years and needed to be replaced. Some misconceptions about the plastic wearing faster than metal. It’s been 17 years on the plastic and the tolerance of the fixtures has not changed. The plastic bushing the oem shifter is made from similar plastic if that piece was bushed in bronze or any metals it would wear much faster with out constant maintenance.

I don't know if that's a fair comparison. The actual plastic on my shifter and others I looked at had a large depression where the shifter handle constantly rubs it.

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03-14-2018, 02:32 PM

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I don't know if that's a fair comparison. The actual plastic on my shifter and others I looked at had a large depression where the shifter handle constantly rubs it.

from my memory I was thinking about the long sleeve bushing not sure it you are thinking the same. it maybe a different type of material from my memory it looked and felt like a delrin type material. although it maybe more along the lines of pvc or nylon base.

on another note from my experience all the 911 manuals require more finesse and timing to get a good smooth shift, if trying to slam or forcing bad timed shift will have a tendency to mis or bobble a shift, although the older I get the pdk is starting to look more appealing. still like to row my own boat while I still can.