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Here's the finished product:
As you can see, it's a little less taught than yours, which does reduce the maneuverability of the shifter a little bit, but it goes in the gear and still looks better than the J-gate of the standard shifter, and if I want to revert it back to stock, I can do that in about 2 minutes. I like it though. Too bad I couldn't find cocoa brown to match my interior, but the black is ok.
Let us know if you're able to rertrofit a pdk shift ****. It'll be a gamechanger for all tiptronic owners.
I don't have much hope honestly, but found a cheap pdk ****, and tiptronic shifter assembly. Going to do some bench testing and see if there is anyway to make it work. My ultimate goal is to get something like the new GT3 shift **** on there. I've reached out to several companies like Black Forrest Industries who do shift ***** for Audi/VW and they are just not interested in the tip .
Here is mine. Working on trying to retrofit a PDK ****, so that I can use the new GT3/4 shifter that looks really cool
Been trying to see how to make this work also. From what have seen for Tiptronic, to change the selector into gear, it pushes down the actual selector. DSG (I think I saw PDK does this as well) you push a button but it seem that is acting as a lever to pull up on the actual selector.
Does the tiptronic lever operate smoothly with this setup?
Yes, no hinderance.
Originally Posted by rsalicrup
Been trying to see how to make this work also. From what have seen for Tiptronic, to change the selector into gear, it pushes down the actual selector. DSG (I think I saw PDK does this as well) you push a button but it seem that is acting as a lever to pull up on the actual selector.
if it works under the same principle, it just a matter of how to secure the ****.
I purchased a used PDK shift assembly and took it apart to see how everything works. What I discovered is both assemblies utilize a button type mechanism that depresses to move the gear selector. That part is similar (not identical), but there is no way to retrofit the PDK selector arm into the Tip that I've found.
That said, the PDK shift arm is thicker than the Tip, so you could theoretically make a type of sleeve that would go over the Tip arm and mimic the grooves so that the PDK **** would slide on and lock. You'd have to drill a hole through the Tip arm to pin it so there would be no movement.
I've yet to find a 997 shifter assembly cheap to start trying to hack this up. I'm not going to use mine (for obvious reasons) to test so as soon as I find one I'll revert.
I purchased a used PDK shift assembly and took it apart to see how everything works. What I discovered is both assemblies utilize a button type mechanism that depresses to move the gear selector. That part is similar (not identical), but there is no way to retrofit the PDK selector arm into the Tip that I've found.
That said, the PDK shift arm is thicker than the Tip, so you could theoretically make a type of sleeve that would go over the Tip arm and mimic the grooves so that the PDK **** would slide on and lock. You'd have to drill a hole through the Tip arm to pin it so there would be no movement.
I've yet to find a 997 shifter assembly cheap to start trying to hack this up. I'm not going to use mine (for obvious reasons) to test so as soon as I find one I'll revert.
Thanks for your input. I can think of a few ways to make the shifter stay in place. Can’t drill a hole through it because it might impede the movement of the mechanism. Thinking grinding a flat spot(s) on the arm for some set screws or locking tab on a 3D printer plastic sleeve. Just don’t have access to a 3D printer.
Thanks for your input. I can think of a few ways to make the shifter stay in place. Can’t drill a hole through it because it might impede the movement of the mechanism. Thinking grinding a flat spot(s) on the arm for some set screws or locking tab on a 3D printer plastic sleeve. Just don’t have access to a 3D printer.
Good point. Here is a picture of the PDK shift lever out of the mechanism for reference. Note the machined slots cut in the metal part, then the widened plastic collar at the bottom which is where the shift **** locks in place.
Good point. Here is a picture of the PDK shift lever out of the mechanism for reference. Note the machined slots cut in the metal part, then the widened plastic collar at the bottom which is where the shift **** locks in place.
Does that PDK shifter arm has a part number on it? This might be easier than I thought. Cut the plastic sleeve part out of the PDK shifter and remove it. Might need a bit of heat. Marked with red.
Make a sleeve out of plastic from a 3D printer. Use the sleeve to fit between the Tip arm and the PDK plastic sleeve. The sleeve can have a stopper/thicker section at the bottom to set the height of the **** so the **** can be set to the where it needs to be. Lock the sleeve in place with set screws.
Does that PDK shifter arm has a part number on it? This might be easier than I thought. Cut the plastic sleeve part out of the PDK shifter and remove it. Might need a bit of heat. Marked with red.
Make a sleeve out of plastic from a 3D printer. Use the sleeve to fit between the Tip arm and the PDK plastic sleeve. The sleeve can have a stopper/thicker section at the bottom to set the height of the **** so the **** can be set to the where it needs to be. Lock the sleeve in place with set screws.
No part# that I can find for the lever itself, I think they sell the entire assembly as a whole. There are a bunch of junk assemblies on ebay from Panameras. I think I paid $40 bucks for the whole thing. Even came with the ****.
05-09-2022 | 07:29 AM
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