Hurst super shifter linkage

It may not be the neutral line up. Rather the distance the new shifter is throwing the shifter lever on the first second. Maybe the ear on the first second needs to be longer or shorter and it's just not throwing it all the way into first if the ear on your old shifter was longer it would throw further and vice versa if the shifter was shorter it wouldn't have that long of a throw. Of course without seeing anything this is all speculation but just food for thought and maybe something to look at. I Custom fabricated the linkage for my vertigate shifter and had to take all this into consideration.
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