kevin02

hey u all, well my 4.10's and my steeda tri ax r finally inthe car. i really do love the shifter and 4.10 combo. feels great. my only questions are, why is my shfter like kinda hot? is it normal or is there a problem. second thing is. i hear a weird sound comin form the new shifter. it almost sounds like there is water being sucked in. i knw thats not it but thats just the type sound it is. any hhelp would be great.thanks you all

SilverGTV8

Well could be a couple of things, one the new shifter is aluminum and has excellent heat transfer properties, so the heat will heat up the whole rod uniformly unlike steel where the heat concetrates and then disperses. The sucking noise is cold be that there is not a good seal between the tranny and the new stick. Might want to pull it off get all the old gasket off and reapply the RTV.

I am not sure (haven't installed on yet) if there is a secondary boot under the main boot, if you take that off you will get a lot more road noise too.

WHT00GT

negative on the secondary boot. alot of people have complained about the noise the tri-ax makes. its a whinning sound...

like silver said, make sure that seal is GOOD. i forgot to put the RTV on it and was losing tanny fluid everytime i launched at the track...

brockstang

Yeah, theres no insulation like on the stock boot. Tons more noise which im kewl with. Makes for more muscle feel. The stick gets hot, I noticed it when I first installed. Hehe, I still need to go and get some RTV for it :P I was so anxious to try it out and couldnt find any at the all ford nationals. Ill do that today I guess

kevin02

ok, can i wait on sealing it tight or do i need to do this asap? what i mean is, is something going to break if its not done soon or am i ok for a while?

WHT00GT

i would do it now!!!! i was losing tranny fluid everytime i got on the car. it actually got pretty low before i caught it, and i don't know about you, but i don't have the money sitting around to fix my tranny...