Vombrown
Mountain Man
So I know there are kits available but I have been building these twin stick and in this case triple stick shifters for years. Thought I might share how I do it for you guys. All parts were purchased at the local hardware store for a total of 18.00 the shifter knobs were cheap solid aluminum eBay specials for 2.99 each to bring the total cost up to about 24.00 in materials.
Materials list:
1/2" cold rolled rod 48" long
Bronze capped bushing (1/2" IDx 3/4"OD) x3
Bronze straight bushing ( 1/2" IDx 3/4" OD) x3
Steel screw locking collar 3/4" IDx .650 x3
1 1/2" grade 8 1/2-13 bolt 3 or 4" long depending on how many shifter you want.
Several 1/2" washers and one 1/2" nut
Two or three aluminum shifter knobs. Whatever is cheap. I don't like the plastic round knobs.
So we start by drilling and tapping our screw lock collars 7/16. Top and bottom. Drill straight through and tap top and bottom holes.You will only get about four threads but the point is to have a positive connection before welding. This is much more effective than welding straight to the collar. Then I spin down the 1/2 cold rolled rod to thread 7/16. I have a lathe but if you don't you can do it fairly easily on a grinder. You are only looking to remove about .060 from the OD to run the 7/16 die over it. At this point you can set the the angle of the shifters to any height or angle that you want my heating or just bending the cold rolled rod. Any length and any configuration you need. In my case two will shift the Dana 20 and the far right will engage the PTO. For me it will be two tall shifters and one short shifter.
Screw the shifter into the collar, trim off any excess and make sure that the bronze bushing will slide into the bushing. In a perfect world what you are looking for is the shifter handle to lock the bronze bushing into place. Adjust the angles of the shifter to your liking. Then cutoff three shorter pieces of 1/2" stock and spin them down to thread 7/16". Install these into the bottom of the steel collars. You can choose the method to connect to the shifting bars of the transfer case. Bending the bottom bars will allow you to align the shifters in the different positions.
Because the system is based on a 1/2" bolt, you can basically make any sort of bracket that you want to connect it to the transfer case. The. Bronze bushings don't need to be lubed and will last forever. The grade 8 bolt is stronger than any of the pivots I have seen on the twin stick shifters and you will not bend these shifters without a cheater bar. With the Dana 20 using an extension rod a very simple collar with a threaded hole can be used to locate the shifters. When you have bent and adjusted everything to your liking weld the shifters in place to the locking steel collar and install on the transfer case. Simple design using easily sourced local parts at 1/10th the cost of a double or triple stick shifter.
Materials list:
1/2" cold rolled rod 48" long
Bronze capped bushing (1/2" IDx 3/4"OD) x3
Bronze straight bushing ( 1/2" IDx 3/4" OD) x3
Steel screw locking collar 3/4" IDx .650 x3
1 1/2" grade 8 1/2-13 bolt 3 or 4" long depending on how many shifter you want.
Several 1/2" washers and one 1/2" nut
Two or three aluminum shifter knobs. Whatever is cheap. I don't like the plastic round knobs.
So we start by drilling and tapping our screw lock collars 7/16. Top and bottom. Drill straight through and tap top and bottom holes.You will only get about four threads but the point is to have a positive connection before welding. This is much more effective than welding straight to the collar. Then I spin down the 1/2 cold rolled rod to thread 7/16. I have a lathe but if you don't you can do it fairly easily on a grinder. You are only looking to remove about .060 from the OD to run the 7/16 die over it. At this point you can set the the angle of the shifters to any height or angle that you want my heating or just bending the cold rolled rod. Any length and any configuration you need. In my case two will shift the Dana 20 and the far right will engage the PTO. For me it will be two tall shifters and one short shifter.
Screw the shifter into the collar, trim off any excess and make sure that the bronze bushing will slide into the bushing. In a perfect world what you are looking for is the shifter handle to lock the bronze bushing into place. Adjust the angles of the shifter to your liking. Then cutoff three shorter pieces of 1/2" stock and spin them down to thread 7/16". Install these into the bottom of the steel collars. You can choose the method to connect to the shifting bars of the transfer case. Bending the bottom bars will allow you to align the shifters in the different positions.
Because the system is based on a 1/2" bolt, you can basically make any sort of bracket that you want to connect it to the transfer case. The. Bronze bushings don't need to be lubed and will last forever. The grade 8 bolt is stronger than any of the pivots I have seen on the twin stick shifters and you will not bend these shifters without a cheater bar. With the Dana 20 using an extension rod a very simple collar with a threaded hole can be used to locate the shifters. When you have bent and adjusted everything to your liking weld the shifters in place to the locking steel collar and install on the transfer case. Simple design using easily sourced local parts at 1/10th the cost of a double or triple stick shifter.
