Puma Slick Shift

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Originally Posted by patclan

I put mine in yesterday, had a shocking rattle after I did it, took the gear stick back off and glued the weights just in case, took it for a drive and the rattle was still there, had a closer look and realised I had the gear stick on backwards :D. Took it off again filled the gear stick with grease and put it back on, no rattler now. As for the gear changing, the change is cleaner if that can explain it, did about 100k in it yesterday and this morning, it is a great improvement, still change gears the same way as I used to but it is just nicer, cant think of any technical terms to explain it, it is still a truck and still drives like one but the subtle change in the shifting is great, going through the suburbs with a million roundabouts it was nice.

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How long did the job take (assuming you installed everything correctly)?:p

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Originally Posted by lump_a_charcoal

How long did the job take (assuming you installed everything correctly)?:p

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About 1 hour I would say, getting the matting off over the gear sticks took the longest, watching the video before hand helped but I had to go back to it a couple of times, if you have it on a tablet in the car with you that would make it quicker.

Here's a youtube video showing a Slick Shift installation and road test.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt2SXs89W_c[/ame]

He likes it.

just been googling this before i order one.........and this thread gets bumped up

thanks El Rey

This is the Puma one.
Defender Puma/TDCI Slickshift | Online Gearbox Parts Shop

Just ordered a puma one.

Will review when I get it

I fitted one to my Td5 R380 and it makes a lot of difference to changes.


I'm still a slow and steady user of the gearbox (always have been sympathetic in this regard) but it now has a much shorter throw.

Resurrecting this thread due to issues now.

My gear stick is rattling like mad, I took it to bits and glued the weights again and it was still there, I could feel the rattle coming from inside of the gearstick so I was going to put a layer of duck tape around the slick shift steel to see if it would stop, in the end i used what i had handy and I cut the finger of a rubber glove and put that over the metal, the rattle is mostly gone, that was a few weeks ago and it is coming back again so I guess the rubber finger is wearing out, I will try the duck tape next, but there seems to be a lot of movement between the metal shaft and the inside of the gearstick. I am not sure if there is something missing from inside that may have fallen out but I doubt it, I think it is just not a good fit.

Anyone else having issues?

Pat

Put some silicone in there... [emoji6]
Leave it overnight to cure before driving...

Could it be the selector cup
£4.00 Defender Puma TDCI Selector Nylon Cup £4.00 Ex.