I just broke my Shifter basket (i belive thats what its called) while shifting hard into third. Anyone here have that happen to them before??? Is it common (specially with short shifters)? And if so, do they make higher quality replacement baskets that will work for 05 STi? Any insight would help.

Thanks,
Stef

 

shifter basket? Do you mean the trim or the linkage? Or the bracketting that sometimes has to be bent/moved for the short shifter? I'm confused.

 

Its a cylinder shaped plastic piece that has two rubber o-rings. Its what the ball of the shifter sits in. Its white and i belive its this part...

http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/att...achmentid=2747

 

Oh dang... never heard of that happening before, that sucks man. I've always known it as just the socket.

 

...this is very disapointing. Another ****en retarded issue with my STi. Why does it seem only the little things ****en fail on this car.

 

Have you tried talking to Kevin at Auto HQ? I'm going to get some stuff done on Thursday, you should give him a call.

 

he's still open?

 

why do you need to shift so hard?

 

^^+1

 

2f2f y0

Due to the silly STi ecu, it blips the throttle UP after a WOT shift, so you gotta wait for it to drop anyway, no need to "slam gears" as ricers say

 

Is that due to the ECU? I always thought it was my pedal timing... :rotfl: oops

 

Same here wtf DUH!!

 

Hrm... I think it's pedal timing. Mine only goes up if I have my foot on the gas for half a second after I put the clutch in on a shift.

 

probably some manufacturing defect. weird piece to break....... unless u changed shifters like 387529752918 times without changing the basket.