Opinions on Twin Stick Shifters

[Mark W]

Ran my Orion with the stock shifter for six months and several wheeling trips; I grew to dread shifting out of low range. The stock linkage just did not provide straight, stiff leverage to the shift arm on top of the case. Recently replaced it with the AA kit and it is a night-and-day difference! Like Guppie says, now I can feel every detente very clearly and it shifts easily with only firm pressure instead of the wrestler-contortion test of strength it took with the stock linkage. While twin sticks may be a bling waste-of-money on a stock case, they should be a required part of an Orion installation IMO.

Not to be argumentative... but be cautious extrapolating your experience to a broader picture. I had no problem at all with the stock shift linkage in my Orion. I changed it to a three stick setup when I installed the doubler too, but while running thr h42/Orion, my stock linkage shifted the Orion exactly the same as a stock Toyota T/C.


Mark...

 

[orangefj45]

I like them and they work well. Only thing I've noticed is that when the rear output is in low range and the front is in neutral the front lever will walk in to gear. No biggie as that's better than walking out of gear.

it should'nt be doing that. are you running a single double boot or two seperate single boots on the levers? i have seen the boots put excessive pressure on the levers causing them to move at undesireable times......

hth

georg

 

[mattcamp]

Twin stick is cool, even if not needed, I have the AA setup on one and it works well, very possitive shifting, and hey the more levers in your rig the better...more toys!!!!!