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icarus-54 · 06-03-2014

What's the trick to getting the top boot out to put in a hurst shifter? Is there some other way than lowering the back of the trans?

WB9MCW · 06-04-2014

You may want to consider this shifter for the ZR-1
http://www.zfdoc.com/S6-40ShifterOptions.htm

QB93Z · 06-04-2014

Quote:

Originally Posted by icarus-54

What's the trick to getting the top boot out to put in a hurst shifter? Is there some other way than lowering the back of the trans?

If you are asking about the leather boot, you have to remove the center console lid, then remove the shifter bezel (2 screws at the rear corners and 1 screw under the front cup holder). Remove the shifter knob. The leather boot is attached to the bezel. Then there are 4 screws to remove the rubber boot. Be careful, there is a lot of sticky sealant around the rubber boot lower edge. Don't get the sealant on you interior.

Under the car you have to pull back the rubber boot to access the pin that allows the shifter link to be disconnected.

It isn't possible to lower the back of the transmission without removing the C-Beam, which is a much bigger job than doing the shifter.

Good luck.

Jim

icarus-54 · 06-04-2014

I removed everything down to the rubber boot, it appears to be under the floor and try as I may I couldn't get the top rubber boot out without fear of ripping it. I have all the instructions for the Hurst and things went well till I tried to remove the boot.

QB93Z · 06-04-2014

The rubber boot is tucked around a lip on the tunnel. You have to get a corner or edge on the right side peeled up and then work your way around the perimeter. Once again, be careful with the sealant under the boot. It makes a mess on carpet.

Reinstalling the boot is also a challenge because it is hard to tuck under the left side of the boot because of the limited clearance to the interior trim.

Good luck

Jim

icarus-54 · 06-04-2014

Jim, thanks oh so much, I'll give it a whirl
Jack

WB9MCW · 06-04-2014

I hope your Hurst has a reverse lock out feature.

icarus-54 · 06-05-2014

IS the hurst shifter dropping into reverse a common problem?

WB9MCW · 06-06-2014

No but with no lock out safety is would be expensive if it ever did happen by accident.
A few years back another member was entertaining the same deal to put a Hearst shifter in. If I remember right it had no special lockout for reverse and it is possible to make the mistake and wreck the tranny so he elected not to go that route.

QB93Z · 06-06-2014

Quote:

Originally Posted by icarus-54

IS the hurst shifter dropping into reverse a common problem?

I have never had a problem with reverse on three ZR-1's with Hurst shifters.

Jim

06-03-2014	#1
icarus-54 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Mt.Bethel Pa. Posts: 73	shifter What's the trick to getting the top boot out to put in a hurst shifter? Is there some other way than lowering the back of the trans? __________________ 1990 Zr-1 #361 1991 GMC Syclone (built) 1993 GMC Typhoon (stock) 1993 GMC Typhoon (street) 1992 GMC Sonoma GT 1928 Model A pick up

06-04-2014	#2
WB9MCW Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: McHenry, Il. Posts: 6,607	Re: shifter You may want to consider this shifter for the ZR-1 http://www.zfdoc.com/S6-40ShifterOptions.htm __________________ http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...9mcw/SIG-2.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o128/wb9mcw/vcm.gif "The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BC " We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." - Abraham Lincoln

06-04-2014	#4
icarus-54 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Mt.Bethel Pa. Posts: 73	Re: shifter I removed everything down to the rubber boot, it appears to be under the floor and try as I may I couldn't get the top rubber boot out without fear of ripping it. I have all the instructions for the Hurst and things went well till I tried to remove the boot. __________________ 1990 Zr-1 #361 1991 GMC Syclone (built) 1993 GMC Typhoon (stock) 1993 GMC Typhoon (street) 1992 GMC Sonoma GT 1928 Model A pick up

06-04-2014	#5
QB93Z Join Date: May 2007 Location: Westminster, Maryland Posts: 3,689	Re: shifter The rubber boot is tucked around a lip on the tunnel. You have to get a corner or edge on the right side peeled up and then work your way around the perimeter. Once again, be careful with the sealant under the boot. It makes a mess on carpet. Reinstalling the boot is also a challenge because it is hard to tuck under the left side of the boot because of the limited clearance to the interior trim. Good luck Jim

06-04-2014	#6
icarus-54 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Mt.Bethel Pa. Posts: 73	Re: shifter Jim, thanks oh so much, I'll give it a whirl Jack __________________ 1990 Zr-1 #361 1991 GMC Syclone (built) 1993 GMC Typhoon (stock) 1993 GMC Typhoon (street) 1992 GMC Sonoma GT 1928 Model A pick up

06-04-2014	#7
WB9MCW Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: McHenry, Il. Posts: 6,607	Re: shifter I hope your Hurst has a reverse lock out feature. __________________ http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...9mcw/SIG-2.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o128/wb9mcw/vcm.gif "The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BC " We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." - Abraham Lincoln

06-05-2014	#8
icarus-54 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Mt.Bethel Pa. Posts: 73	Re: shifter IS the hurst shifter dropping into reverse a common problem? __________________ 1990 Zr-1 #361 1991 GMC Syclone (built) 1993 GMC Typhoon (stock) 1993 GMC Typhoon (street) 1992 GMC Sonoma GT 1928 Model A pick up

06-06-2014	#9
WB9MCW Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: McHenry, Il. Posts: 6,607	Re: shifter No but with no lock out safety is would be expensive if it ever did happen by accident. A few years back another member was entertaining the same deal to put a Hearst shifter in. If I remember right it had no special lockout for reverse and it is possible to make the mistake and wreck the tranny so he elected not to go that route. __________________ http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...9mcw/SIG-2.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o128/wb9mcw/vcm.gif "The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BC " We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." - Abraham Lincoln

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