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Old 12-09-2008, 12:33 AM
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Anyone other than gimp (nothing personal) have one of these installed? I can see how it'd be handy driving a 5-spd when wheeling.
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I've got one on my 5sp TJ, it's come in handy a few times but most of the time I don't need it
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I have heard of people with bicycle shifters mounted to thier trans shifter shaft so they can operate the throttle with thier thumb. You could also use a brake handle for a bicycle if needed something a bit bigger to handle.
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My buddy has one on his XJ mounted to the shifter. He uses it all the time when rock crawling.
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my friend has one on his tj. he used a bike brake and he really likes it.
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I built one for a friend a few years ago.

Basically a older style bike shifter set to Friction mode (no clicks) and a shifter cable run to the throttle body.

Worked great. With a Friction style shifter you can set the frictyion to allow for it to hold an RPM or not.
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Had one on my old CJ.... But I got away from manual trannies in wheeling Jeeps... Just not enough advantages for the disadvantages. If I lived somewhere where i was wheeling mountains or big rocks all the time, than it would make sense.

I used a clicking bicycle shifter for mine.
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Originally Posted by richxj89
my friend has one on his tj. he used a bike brake and he really likes it.
I think I might try this. I plan on doing a lot of crawling and being able to use that foot will come in handy.

Edit: I'll post a write-up when I'm done.
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http://www.rubiconexpress.com/Produc...d=AEAC87148619

that is all you need
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Looks like you already got all the feedback you requested, but I'll echo everyone else.

I've had one for about 8 years, and use it often off-road with my 5-speed .

Kent
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Originally Posted by whowey
Had one on my old CJ.... But I got away from manual trannies in wheeling Jeeps... Just not enough advantages for the disadvantages. If I lived somewhere where i was wheeling mountains or big rocks all the time, than it would make sense.

I used a clicking bicycle shifter for mine.
CO is mountains. Thus making it convenient

Originally Posted by redkling
Ripping apart an old bicycle is slightly cheeper. I'm going to go that way.


There's more times I can see having this being handy than not having it be worth it.
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Originally Posted by xj4fun
Looks like you already got all the feedback you requested, but I'll echo everyone else.

I've had one for about 8 years, and use it often off-road with my 5-speed .

Kent
Is yours a homebrew? If so, I'd like to see it.
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if you are locked, or open, I really don't see the need for it.
i run true trac's which require brake to "lock" up... I wouldn't mind having one...
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