Toyota Tcase short shifter

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   I have an 85 4runner with a body lift that the previous owner put on. Due to the body lift, I was hving trouble with the t case staying in 4 lowas the shifter would hit the opening in the body. I also wanted to be able to use the shifter boot. Our solution was to make a short shifter. We started out by creating a CAD drawing of the shifter base profile. We decided to make it 1" tall to start with. 

After we had the cad model, we brought it into CAM to choose all the tool paths required to make the part. Then we put a piece of aluminum in our CNC mill and proceeded to machine the part. 

All finished up in the mill. We machined the outside profile with a bit of material hanging off the bottom, clamped in the vise. We had to do a second operation to remove that left over material. 

After we got finished with this piece, I cut the shifter below the ball and welded in a 1" extension. It's working perfectly and made it where I can use my shifter boot again. 

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83K10 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List RCRC Club & Business Member Joined: 17 February 2004 Location: Huntsville, AL Status: Offline Points: 3174	Post Options Post Reply Quote 83K10 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Toyota Tcase short shifter Posted: 12 June 2017 at 9:00am
	I have an 85 4runner with a body lift that the previous owner put on. Due to the body lift, I was hving trouble with the t case staying in 4 lowas the shifter would hit the opening in the body. I also wanted to be able to use the shifter boot. Our solution was to make a short shifter. We started out by creating a CAD drawing of the shifter base profile. We decided to make it 1" tall to start with. After we had the cad model, we brought it into CAM to choose all the tool paths required to make the part. Then we put a piece of aluminum in our CNC mill and proceeded to machine the part. All finished up in the mill. We machined the outside profile with a bit of material hanging off the bottom, clamped in the vise. We had to do a second operation to remove that left over material. After we got finished with this piece, I cut the shifter below the ball and welded in a 1" extension. It's working perfectly and made it where I can use my shifter boot again.

dontoy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List RCRC Club Member Hail HURTS...aske me how I know! Joined: 16 May 2004 Location: Athens, Limestone County Status: Offline Points: 889	Post Options Post Reply Quote dontoy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 June 2017 at 9:40am
	Nice work Jonn.
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	Nice!
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