42DD shift bushing / Dieselgeek Short Shifter thread

[Greg Roles]

One of the biggest bang for buck mods you can do for your manual gearbox is to add some 42DD shift bushings. For about $50 you can change the entire feel of the gearlever, to a much firmer and more direct feel. I've done this on my own TDI, and the difference was astounding. The stock shifter cables have spongey rubber ends, and these simply replace them with alloy and makes the shift pattern a lot more positive.








It's a pretty simple fitment if you just do cable ends, but 42DD take it even further for the 2008 and later cars, and include a pivot rebuild component as well. This rebuilds the sloppy plastic shift arm in the later cars, and is a more involved fitment, but far from impossible for the typical DIY'er. This is the drill bit, black "top hat" and the bolts and washers below.






I have made up a few video's on my you tube channel for fitting of these kits, and the final tuning of the gearbox. They are also up on the DIY video section of my site. I have also developed a Polo fitment kit with the help of the Polo guys, and have these world exclusive 42DD items in stock.

I'd highly recommed shift bushings to anyone who wants a tighter gearchange.

Youtube | CarformanceAU

[Greg Roles]

The next level is to replace the entire shifter, and the superb Sigma Shortshifters from Dieselgeek in the USA are pretty much the gold standard. These replace the entire mechanism and change both the feel and the throw length. There is no need for the above bushings from 42DD, as they are all bearings in the Sigma kit. This is available for 5 and 6 speed boxes, and fitment to non USA cars like the Skoda and Polo are currently being investiated. Both look very likely to work!!








They fit a huge array of VAG cars from MK4 and up, as they often use common shift mechanisms. I have only just taken on the distribution for Dieselgeek, and am yet to receive stock, but it won't be long now, with the first ( sold out ) shipment due for delivery to me tomorrow!

[Hoppo84]

Hi Greg,

I'm interested in the short shifter setup. will it fit a MKV R32?

cheers,

M

[Jig]

Hi Greg: Pricing please for the short shifter for an MKIV R32 2004 and just confirming, you do not need the 42DD shift bushings if you purchase the dieselgeek short shifter. Lastly how short of a throw is this between gears to gears(H pattern)? I have known some short shifters where you continuously miss the gears because the travel is so short and you dont know which gates to shift to. Looking forward to your reply.