Hello,

Just got the driveshaft back from the shop.  They modified the old driveshaft and fitted it with the 31-spline slip yoke. 

Is the slip yoke meant to be installed dry?  Does it need to be greased before the install?  I see some there is some red grease on the transmission tail shaft.  Perhaps that's all what's needed?

Thanks!

Hello,

I am looking for the steering rack mounting bracket for a FD.

If you have one or a pair that can part ways, please let me know.    Thanks!


Derek

A quick update on the issue resolution.

With the recommendation from Wicked, I investigated the exhaust clearance and came up with a modified method.

Instead of tapping the shifter from underneath the car, the clearance from the exhaust allows a metal rod standing from the garage floor to about an inch shy from the bottom edge of the shifter (height is fine-tuned with a floor jack to the RX7 body).

I then used a rolling head pry bar and the metal rod as a pivot to pry the shifter off the transmission. The metal rod bottomed at the garage floor provided much needed solid pivot compared to the tunnel opening on the RX7 that flexed too much.

Thanks for the great ideas guys!   Best part is I didn’t have to jack up and crawl underneath the car. 

Next is to get the MGW installed! 

Hello,

I need to borrow the wisdom from the great minds on norotors.

I was in the process of removing the current (SLP?) shifter. After removing the four bolts on the shifter, I found myself not able to break loose the shifter from the transmission.

I remember the factory shifter is much easier to pry off, with the stamped steel base plate extends beyond the mounting surface. The machined base plate on the SLP leaves very little lip to pry on. With the bottom edge of trans tunnel opening as the pivot point, I used a pry bar to pry on the 0.3mm lip. No luck.

I believe I used the Hondabond when I installed the SLP shifter, since have had very good luck with it. Maybe it is working too well for this shifter application?

I wonder if there is any good way to separate a stubborn shifter from the transmission? Any recommendation is greatly appreciated!

Below is a picture of the said shifter. It's not my car, but the same shifter that I google'd.

Since everyone wants to retain the parking brake while obtaining higher rear bias, you may consider making an adapter bracket that will receive RZ-size 314mm  (or similar) rear rotors and stock rear calipers. With a new adapter brackets, it may open up more options for other oem rotors..

Hello,

I am looking for an F-body AC compressor in good, working condition.

Please let me know if you have one to sell. Thanks!



Derek

What suspension did you switch to?

Stace were really good coilovers for the money. I would have kept it if the primary role for the FD were autocross or road racing. Unfortunately, with three youngsters, I really don't have the time or energy for those events. I need a softer ride when tooling the FD around town and between my clients. I thought someone would make better user for these.

I am running H&R on Illuminas now. Not very happy with the ride height (too low). I plan to go with ground control on the Illuminas and 400F 300R springs.