Sweet shifting a 915

[911hillclimber]

Jonathan, I was on wheel chock duty when you blew the side out of your 911 box at Loton!
What a mess.

In the same vein, anyone with real back to back experiences of the WEVO internal gate in a 915?

I've driven in anger a 911 with WEVO internal gate, shifter gate and precision coupling which was fantastic, but never a 915 box with only the internal gate.

On my yellow road car the change from 3rd to 2nd can be quite reluctant and if I red line it in 1st the change to 2nd can be bulky too....

[Ignatzcatz]

Well, the story continues . . .As I had mentioned previously I was far from happy with the outcome following the installation of the factory short shift components. After the fitting I did only drive the car a few miles, the car isn't my daily driver, in fact it is something of a garage queen but last Saturday I had the opportunity of travelling a longer distance in the car as I had accepted an invitation from Porsche Club GB to attend a breakfast meeting at the most impressive and terribly posh southern home of the Royal Automobile Club, Woodcote House near to Epsom. Whilst there and manoeuvring the car to park I had some difficulty in selecting reverse and as I attempted to muscle the lever into the correct slot I felt the whole shift lever twist slightly to the right. Not wanting to effect further and possibly irrevocable damage I elected to park the wrong way round much to the annoyance of the car parking attendant. This did rather please me I must say. Anyway breakfast over and safely back home I decided to remove the shift lever and hopefully see what problems there might be lurking beneath the centre console. I pulled the whole lot out and sure enough the lever body had twisted from the selector ball. It appeared to be only glued together so it was out with the welding gear and the pair got brazed together. I cleaned and examined all the other parts and where there was obvious contact points I lightly filed and ground the sharp edges and corners. Also I slightly widened the cage that surrounds the lower part of the shift lever as this did seem to be very tight. The reassembly was straightforward and trying the gear lever in the car it all felt so much more free and I was able to select all gears easily including reverse. On the road it was chalk and cheese to how it performed before. A light, swift gear movement,. exceptionally fast change from third to second, no baulking anywhere. Perfect. In summary, whilst taking off all the ridges on the various plates and parts, I think the main change in performance came from slightly widening the cage which freed up the whole affair. So the car, once again, has a sweet shifting 915 gearbox.

[911hillclimber]

Great result, well done.

Been out in my 911 this morning, quite a few miles in traffic and things aren't like yours!
OK, but not 'sweet shifting'.
Time for a bit more adjusting.

[jwhillracer]

On the road it was chalk and cheese to how it performed before. A light, swift gear movement,. exceptionally fast change from third to second, no baulking anywhere. Perfect. In summary, whilst taking off all the ridges on the various plates and parts, I think the main change in performance came from slightly widening the cage which freed up the whole affair. So the car, once again, has a sweet shifting 915 gearbox.

Well done! It's worth the effort and time to get it just right, makes such a difference to enjoying the car.

JW