JHM shift linkage upgrade BT: How hard is it to install it while the tranny is in the

[awdbiturbo]

car? TIA ~Rob

[Matt@JHM]

Here is the 6-speed linkage upgrade Install procedure for the B5 S4 [640x480] 53 Mb

Should answer your questions

[awdbiturbo]

If you noticed that video was shot with the trannt out and on the ground. My question was "How hard is it to install it while the tranny is in the car?"

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[YMJ]

apparantly you cant.. but im not an expert..

[Matt@JHM]

If you noticed that video was shot with the trannt out and on the ground. My question was "How hard is it to install it while the tranny is in the car?"

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Sorry, for some reason I though it was the one where he installed it in car.

Here's a quote I dug up:

Just like the stabilizer bushing, It is easiset to do this mod while the tranny or engine is out for major upgrades. However I have done this mod on the ground with a floor jack. Personally I can do it in 3 to 4 hours (without a lift) including the time of installing the mod into the shaft. You just need to unbolt the back of the engine support and depending on your DPs, you may have to remove them. I can do it without DP removal on APR DPs and most other aftermarket. The stock are hard since they don't have a flange near the tranny and they are long

[The_Jerbel]

Driver's side dp off, axle and axle heat shield off, and you can access it alright.

[awdbiturbo]

Driver's side dp off, axle and axle heat shield off, and you can access it alright.

You can remove it without taking the dp axle off....Just the axle heat sheild and the wheel has to be removed.

[The_Jerbel]

To tell you the truth, the wheel doesn't even have to come off. I can't even see it being possible to do the mod without taking off the dp and axle, unless you're houdini...

[andream88]

In that video Jay modifies the shifter brace by cutting it a little on the edge.
ARE YOU SURE it can be done with the brace in place?

Thanks

[awdbiturbo]

In that video Jay modifies the shifter brace by cutting it a little on the edge.
ARE YOU SURE it can be done with the brace in place?

Thanks

are you serious? The shift linkage has to come off the tranny. What i am saying is that i have it out as we speak and only to the axle heat sheild and the wheel off

[The_Jerbel]

Getting the stock linkage out is easy, installing the solid linkage is the hard part. I would never try it with the axle (and probably the dp as well) still in the car.