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Shift Coupler

https://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/threads/110468/shift-coupler

Aussie 路

Anyone had the same issue with their shift coupler? These are garbage - limited use and normal shifting only. 馃槧



Likely going back to stock but anyone got any other recommendations?

Cheers, Aussie

HappyDaze 路

Red is 'Nature's warning'.

Glad it wasn't a steering coupling ?

I'm sure polyurethane has a use somewhere.

vw54 路

Nuthing wrong with stock

psimitar 路

Yea, poly stuff doesn't handle torsional stress very well. Compression stress is fine but that's about it.
Try and find a quality stock item or for minimal slop in the linkage use a universal joint. Allows for movement in the linkage.

vwo60 路

When swayaway made there parts out of the red stuff they were very good, I had the gear box mounts for eight years with out issues, it is the cheap rubbish urethane the Chinese use that is the problem.

psimitar 路

vwo60 wrote:When swayaway made there parts out of the red stuff they were very good, I had the gear box mounts for eight years with out issues, it is the cheap rubbish urethane the Chinese use that is the problem.
So is that the polite way of saying don't buy EMPI? 馃槀

adlbeetle66 路

Oh no. I just bought a 'CB Performance' one, off the RPR website. Its black in the picture.
It turned up a red one, in an 'Empi' package. Rod told me they come from the same factory?
So not sure what to do now...

dangerous 路

http://dasrestoparts.com.au/rear-shift-coupler-beetle-through-1964-bus-through-1967.html

vw54 路

STOCK works best

If its not broken why fix it

Aussie 路

dangerous wrote:http://dasrestoparts.com.au/rear-shift-coupler-beetle-through-1964-bus-through-1967.html
Thanks Dave - you read my mind, order placed last night!

Bizarre 路

The CB Performance Rhino Super Coupler is brilliant. I have used the 2 block later one. Not sure if they do an early one?

Aussie 路

adlbeetle66 wrote:Oh no. I just bought a 'CB Performance' one, off the RPR website. Its black in the picture.
It turned up a red one, in an 'Empi' package. Rod told me they come from the same factory?
So not sure what to do now...
My opinion may be a little biased however my advice would be chuck the red one in the bin. If you are keen to use it then make sure you carry a spare one! Who knows though, some people may have had better luck with these than I did.

psimitar 路

adlbeetle66 wrote:Oh no. I just bought a 'CB Performance' one, off the RPR website. Its black in the picture.
It turned up a red one, in an 'Empi' package. Rod told me they come from the same factory?
So not sure what to do now...
I thought by 66 they had changed to the cage style of coupler? If so then the poly is OK for this just so long as the poly is a snug fit in the cage and the original pin thru the old rubber cage fits snugly in the poly bushes. Those hollow split pin cheap shite the aftermarket couplers use is woeful.

adlbeetle66 路

psimitar wrote:
adlbeetle66 wrote:Oh no. I just bought a 'CB Performance' one, off the RPR website. Its black in the picture.
It turned up a red one, in an 'Empi' package. Rod told me they come from the same factory?
So not sure what to do now...
I thought by 66 they had changed to the cage style of coupler? If so then the poly is OK for this just so long as the poly is a snug fit in the cage and the original pin thru the old rubber cage fits snugly in the poly bushes. Those hollow split pin cheap shite the aftermarket couplers use is woeful.
Yep, its the later caged style. Will give it a go, and maybe carry a spare 馃

vw54 路

Why carry a spare when you can FIT a Original one and never have any problems

adlbeetle66 路

True.
Might go with this one...
http://dasrestoparts.com.au/clutch-and-transmission/beetle-c/shifters-rods-and-couplers/gear-shift-rod-coupling-beetle-1964-1979-bus-1968-1979-german.html

modnrod 路

adlbeetle66 wrote:True.
Might go with this one...
http://dasrestoparts.com.au.............
馃槀

adlbeetle66 路

Well its a genuine VW one anyway 馃榾

AA003 路

psimitar wrote:I thought by 66 they had changed to the cage style of coupler?
Are you talking about Australia or Germany?

psimitar 路

AA003 wrote:
psimitar wrote:I thought by 66 they had changed to the cage style of coupler?
Are you talking about Australia or Germany?
Why would Australia have been behind on such a simple part? Weren't they back to CDK by then?

psimitar 路

adlbeetle66 wrote:Well its a genuine VW one anyway 馃榾
Yea, that's genuine Brazil VW not German VW by the looks of it. Much of the Brazilian 'VW" stuff isn't so good.

AA003 路

psimitar wrote:Why would Australia have been behind on such a simple part? Weren't they back to CDK by then?
No they were Australian made then.

We really didn't have a '65 to '67 Beetle, just '64 models.

Ours had king pin suspension until '68.

psimitar 路

AA003 wrote:
psimitar wrote:Why would Australia have been behind on such a simple part? Weren't they back to CDK by then?
No they were Australian made then.

We really didn't have a '65 to '67 Beetle, just '64 models.

Ours had king pin suspension until '68.
Oh, now that could get rather confusing 馃お

lolight70 路

Related question
Can a late cage coupler be used instead of the earlier style?

psimitar 路

lolight70 wrote:Related question
Can a late cage coupler be used instead of the earlier style?
Well my early 60s linkage connected just fine to my IRS gearbox with a cage type coupler but I think the big different is that the hockey stick on early boxes has just a locating dimple in it for the grub screw and not a hole for the cages pin.

hellbugged 路

Pictures clearly show wolfburg west with linked coupler

Yes caged style work on 60's beetles

All hockey sticks are dimpled

psimitar 路

hellbugged wrote:Pictures clearly show wolfburg west with linked coupler

Yes caged style work on 60's beetles

All hockey sticks are dimpled
I wondered if I got that the wrong way around 馃槀