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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 01:13 PM
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Well while driving today, my shifter broke. Were the handle shaft connects to the mgw block piece, the silver metal liner thing bent, and split open, making my entire shifter come out. Made it very difficult to drive home. Shifter kept coming out. For now I just took a hammer and hit the piece back on, and bent it back with pliers. But I intend on calling mgw and seeing if they can send me another shifter handle. Anyone else have this problem?

Old Sep 25, 2008 | 01:40 PM
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Man it was such a pain getting that handle back on. Cause the silver part has to be a perfect circle in order for it to fit right in the black square thing. Took a few hits with the hammer, but hopefully I fixed it for now. I'm gonna be pissed if it comes out again, while I'm driving to school.
Old Sep 25, 2008 | 02:06 PM
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thats sucks man, how old is that shifter? mine isnt like that. the hole hand is one solid shiney steel piece. mine is only a couple months old
Old Sep 25, 2008 | 02:17 PM
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that sucks.. do you have a warranty on it?
Old Sep 25, 2008 | 02:18 PM
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Call George at MGW - he always makes it right. Good guy.
Old Sep 25, 2008 | 02:32 PM
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Luckydawg is that one of those names like "Tiny" when a guy is huge??

You just seem to have some bad luck!!! That stinks hope they can help you out on it!
Old Sep 25, 2008 | 02:44 PM
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thats one of the reasons im not a huge fan of the mgw i know all of you love it but it seems like alot of peices for it. its not like just the shaft and handle you under stand what im tring to say
Old Sep 25, 2008 | 04:29 PM
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Hmmm. I had one of the 1st ones to go out, and I think I was the 2nd person to have it installed. Still working on all original parts, none of the upgraded/updated parts with zero issues from day one.
Looking forward to an update on the situation.
Old Sep 25, 2008 | 04:34 PM
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good luck with the fix man hope it all workes out
Old Sep 25, 2008 | 06:58 PM
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You got the black sheep I guess...
MGW is still a good product overall.



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