How does the Hurst shifter work?

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I am curious of how it works? I tried looking it up on Google but to no avail. The thing that bolts to the tail shaft housing. Any pics of how it works. I saw the pictures of one that Johnny Dart had taken apart. But I would like to know how it moves and works
 
Boy, that's kinda' tough to explain. I understand it perfectly, but don't know how I'd explain it by typing without wearing my fingers out!

Easiest way I know of to understand one is to just take one apart & look at it. It's pretty simple. I had to take mine apart to fix it in 1975 IIRC. After that there wasn't any mystery to them.
 
You should have the shifter mechanism and an adapter plate. The shifter does not bolt directly to the transmission.

It can only go one way…. Bolt the plate to the transmission then the shifter to the plate.

Hope that helps.
 
I had a question like that myself. How the shifter goes from neutral into gear is evident once it is bolted in and has a solid foundation. You can't shift while the mech is in your hand.
 
I know there is an adapter plate, I was just wondering how the actual mechanism worked itself. '64 Cuda and Night Rider are right I think. I will probably have to hold one and mount one up to see it in its movement and take one apart
 
hi, the shifter body has a spring loaded gate, it sets in the 3-4 gate, till you pull handle to the left, then it engages 1-2 gate, you push foreward or pull backward to shift gears. for reverse, you pull handle clear over to the left, to engage reverse gate, and push handle foreward for reverse. in the car, all movements are toward the driver. hurst shifters are well built and last long time. they can be disassembled easily and repaired. the spring is the reason, you can't move handle over, its stiff. once mounted, works easily. just food for thought
 
SpeedThrills said:
When the designer finished, his head exploded.
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Not to hijack, but an interesting little thing about an engineer. I used to work on pinsetters in a bowling alley. Talk about a complicated machine! All mechanical, nothing computer controlled. Just mechanical stuff & electrical switches. The guy who taught me how to work on them told me that the guy who designed them went crazy a couple of years later. Seems like he might have said it took the guy 5 years or something like that to design/perfect them.
 
I had an old mr gasket universal 3 speed shifter I used to mess with just to get an idea of how it worked. But that was garbage.
 
'64 Cuda said:
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Not to hijack, but an interesting little thing about an engineer. I used to work on pinsetters in a bowling alley. Talk about a complicated machine! All mechanical, nothing computer controlled. Just mechanical stuff & electrical switches. The guy who taught me how to work on them told me that the guy who designed them went crazy a couple of years later. Seems like he might have said it took the guy 5 years or something like that to design/perfect them.
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And; not to hijack the hijack, but I believe it! I remember seeing a mill sharpening machine work. Amazing howmuch is invoolved in some things!
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ok so where would i find the information needed to take mine apart and fix it, I can barely shift the car any more its so sloppy, reverse is like playing a scratch off ticket, I always lose.
 
Chances are if it's sloppy it's done and needs parts. I think it's less than $100 to have Hurst rebuild it properly. You can take it apart, clean and greas it, but I don't believe you can get the wearing hard parts alone. I may be wrong it's been a while.
 
Got one in my 68 Cuda and I absolutely Love it!! Nice short throw and tight pattern. When I hammer on mine I put the foot to the floor and tap the clutch as I shift. Works great. I have slipped off the shifter throwing it into 3rd and jambed my wrist hitting the dash. I forget how short the throw is and get a little over agressive Lol.. Install it! You'll like it! Jus my 2 cents
 
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