Shifter slop

My shifters have always been press in fit. My first one was the ball handle (which I kind of miss) for Street driving. then of course I had to have the pistol grip. Both of those were kind of sloppy until I finally made an aluminum spacer block and drilled a hole for a bolt. No more slop and much happier, also I can easily remove it if necessary. I've went v gate shifter now and that's a different animal all together.
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That's what I'm talking about. I weld mine. You made a spacer. Either way you make the stick fit the shifter.

I have no idea when this went sideways. I don't remember any stick not fitting the shifter before the 1990's and by then I was using a vertigate.

Always something.