Hi all.

Thinking of changing the paddle shift that Charlie made before I got the MK of him few months back. Is good and to be fair to him he did a cracking job and has worked well till now.............all the bushes are worn and has a massive play up and down and side to side....I can probably fix that but I know that the same think will hapen again in few miles.

I am thinking to go with something better engineered. I like the look of Andys system at ab performance. The only problem is that the Siera stalks will have to go. I was thinking along the lines to have on and off push buttons drilled and fixed on the steering wheel with those curlly leads that extend and retract all depends where the steering wheel is.

What you think guys....is it a stupid idea?

i've used the savage switches down the centre of my tunnel as i have a removeable steering wheel. (with paddle shift)

sounds ok in theory but not sure about in reality as not seen one done this way in the flesh.

have you got a pic of the system he uses? looked at his website and profile and cant find a pic of what you mean? i always thought a good paddle shift mech would be to have two spwitches mounted to the back of the wheel itself, then pivot a paddle on the column side, so when the paddle is pulled the switch operates. makes the paddles much neater and smaller than those used by most.

There are boss kits available that mean you can wire simple switches down through the centre of the wheel without having to have those curly wires, but im sure that as long as you dont have excessive lock to lock curly telephone wires would be a cheaper way of doing it, and it would still work! slightly less good looking maybe?
Alan

[Edited on 15/5/09 by hellbent345]

similar to this - http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=MSPORT&pcode=P/EQRE113B

this one definately isnt locost but you could use something similar which doesnt have to include a quick release mechanism that would get ride of the insightly wiring?

Linky for the paddleshift.
I spoke to Andy few weeks back and he would like the sttering column to have it machined and fit the paddleshift. Nice chap and very knowlegeble(spell?)

I like that steering wheel boss. I know not locost job but very profesional looking.

Hi, we have a paddleshift kit and two momentary buttons behind the wheel. The buttons are then connected to a 3,5mm jack plug which is fixed to the steering wheel hub. A curly wire ending in a jack socket is connected to the electonics that drive the indicators. The electronics are built and programmed by a friend. I have some pictures in my archive.
The setup works great. Obviously lots of lock-to-lock rotations put strain on the wire and the connections especially, but the buttons work really well, in fact I wonder why normal cars don't have buttons for indicators...
If you don't have a removable steering wheel, you can do without the jack socket, with lot less stress on the wiring.
Gergely

mnr do paddle shift kits for various application columns.
they are on their website www.mnrltd.co.uk under car parts / steering

might be worth a look if for nothing else than for comparison

easy, swop the bushes for bearings

That's wot I was about to say!!!
Seems an easy fix to me! Certainly easier than faffing around removing column switches etc etc etc....

If you are going to swop Id go with AB paddle shift its a quality product and Andy will turn down your column on his lathe so you dont have to cut off the switch mounts etc he also made med a nice braket to fix to the engine to hold the able in the correct position for the shifter