STREET SUPER/SHIFTER
Installation Kit
373 8618
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
FORM 159 0139
IMPORTANT WARNING
SAFETY STEERING COLUMN LOCK
When this shifter is installed in a car that has a steering column
lock, the operation of locking mechanism
MUST
be maintained.
Install the reverse arm and connect the original factory linkage
as directed by this instruction sheet.
NOTICE
STREET SUPER/SHIFTER will not fit into stock console equipped
autos. Minor trimming may be necessary to fit floor opening. Hurst
Super/Boot finishes installation with a professional appearance.
Hurst Super/Boot not included – ask dealer for Pt. 114 7494.
ATTENTION
Due to variations in auto manufacturing tolerances, the
transmission rods supplied with this kit may require slight
bending to clear obstructions, etc.
Protect the threads while bending.
BEND RODS COLD! – DO NOT APPLY HEAT!
NOTE – This shifter kit is intended to provide optimum shifter
location for most cars equipped with a Saginaw transmission.
Sheet metal in the floor tunnel area may have to be cut away
to gain clearance for the shifter and linkage due to variations
in different vehicles.
1.
Remove stock shifting linkage but retain steering column lock
linkage if your car is so equipped. Refer to last paragraph of these
instructions for adjustment of steering column lock linkage.
2.
The crossmember may have to be removed to gain access to the
area in floor tunnel where shifter is to be installed.
CAUTION: Install safey support under transmission.
The
crossmember supports the weight of both the engine and
transmission. Remove the two upper and one lower (left side)
tailshaft to transmission stock bolts. If your car has catalytic
converter, remove the bolt that fastens the converter support
bracket to the tailshaft housing on the driver’s side.
3.
Remove stick from Hurst shifter. Assemble the shifter and
mounting bracket together with the two mounting bolts.
DO NOT
attach lockwasher and hex nut to the 7/16" bolt (upper bolt).
4.
Attach the stiffener brace with the top right-hand stock bolt that
fastens the tailshaft to the transmission –
DO NOT TIGHTEN.
Raise the shifter and bracket assembly up between the
transmission and tunnel to its mounting position. Insert the stock
bolts through holes in the bracket to the matching holes in the
tailshaft housing - but do not tighten these bolts all the way. Push
the top shifter mounting bolt (7/16") through the hole in the end of
the stiffener brace and fasten it with the lockwasher and hex nut.
CARS EQUIPPED WITH CATALYTIC CONVERTER
Insert the short spacer (Pt. 228 0030) in between the shifter
bracket and the stock catalytic converter support bracket over the
hole that the stock 3/8 x 1 bolt was removed from in paragraph 2.
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Install the 3/8–16 x 1-1/4 bolt (item 11 on parts list). Tighten all
bolts after all have been started.
CARS WITHOUT CATALYTIC CONVERTER
If your tailshaft housing has a tapped hole in the boss, insert
the longer spacer (Pt. 228 0064) between the bracket and trans-
mission. Install the 3/8–16 x 1-1/4 bolt (item 11 on the parts list).
Tighten all bolts after all have been started.
5.
Insert neutral alignment pin (Pt. 148 1725) through the bracket
(see drawing). NOTE - Neutral alignment pin is inserted from
BEHIND bracket!
6.
Assemble arms with their respective rods (see exploded assembly
drawing) using bushings and fasten with spring clips. Spin rod
adjusting buttons onto rods.
7.
Attach arm/rod assemblies to correct transmission shafts (refer to
exploded assembly drawing). Fasten arms to shafts with stock
hardware.
8.
Rotate transmission arms backward and forward. The neutral
position for each arm can be felt at the mid-position of full travel.
Reverse arm must be moved to the end of its travel toward the
front (dis-engaged position). Adjust positions of button on each rod
to permit easy slip-in fit of button into nylon bushing in proper
lever. TRANSMISSION ARMS MUST REMAIN IN NEUTRAL POSITIONS
WHILE ALIGNMENT IS ACCOMPLISHED. Fasten buttons in levers
with spring clips.
9.
Remove neutral alignment pin. Test shifter. Stick should move
freely from side to side at neutral (between 1-2 and 3-4 shifting
paths). An increased pull toward the operator should engage the
reverse lever. If shifter functions properly, proceed to the next
paragraph.
If the stick CANNOT be moved freely between 1-2 and 3-4 or
reverse path, one or more of the rod button adjustments must
be corrected. Move stick forward to 3rd, then into neutral. Insert
neutral alignment pin. If pin CANNOT be inserted freely, the 3-4 rod
button is incorrectly adjusted. Similar testing of 1-2 shift will prove
alignment of 1-2 rod adjustment.
To check reverse rod button adjustment, place stick at neutral.
Disconnect reverse rod adjusting button from lever. Grasp rod and
push toward front of car. (Reverse arm in dis-engaged when at end
of forward travel.) Adjust rod button for easy slip-in fit in bushing.
Re-assemble and fasten with spring clip.
10.
Adjust shifter stop bolts (inside car). Back both bolts out of shifter
frame until only a few threads remain engaged. Push stick firmly
into 3rd gear and hold. Turn 3rd gear stop bolt in until contact is
felt. Back bolt out one turn and tighten jam nut. Pull stick firmly
back into 4th gear. Turn 4th gear stop bolt in until contact is made,
then back stop bolt out one turn and tighten jam nut.
NOTE –
After installation has been completed, test operation of
SAFETY STEERING COLUMN LOCK. Move shifter stick to REVERSE
and remove ignition key. Steering column should lock in REVERSE
ONLY. Test operation of lock in all gears to be sure that steering
column locks in REVERSE ONLY. If backdrive linkage fails to lock
column or if it prevents shifter from engaging REVERSE, adjust
backdrive linkage as necessary to correct and repeat testing.
