Best or recomended shifter for bug trans.

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Most people that get teh Branwood cable shifter have nothing but good things to say about it (except that it is a bit expensive).

The Jamar setups can be adjusted to work fine, but they are finicky. I just finished installing one in my car and it works okay. I can find the gears. It is a little stiff and I am trying to sort that out. However, I can find all of the gears once I got it dialed in.

I have had both the Brandwood cable & the J-Mar rod shifter in my car and the J-Mar unit by far the best for a Spyder.

Where do you get either one of these units? The jamar or the brandwood?

Pick up any performance VW magazine and you will see their products listed at VW or off-road performance stores. You can also go to their website.

MIke

I have a Jmar that I couldn't get to work right in my Beck that I'd sell to you. The only issue is I drilled a hole in it to mount the park-lock brake to, otherwise it's brand new. I also have all the shift linkage parts, etc.

What did you end up going with Bert?

MIke

The Brandwood. I probably spent 70+ hours working on the Jmar and just couldn't get or keep all the gears. I know somebody that works on these could probably just take a look, adjust it a tad and there-you-have-it, but it wasn't me. I know they work great because so many people have them but I also heard that the Brandwood was an easy install and it's up and running. 2 hours after starting I had all gears and I've futzed with it a bit and I've had no problems.

I got my jamar setup to work, but it has a very small sweet spot. If I didn't dial it in just right, it was crap. Once I got it adjusted properly, it is real nice. I couldn't get a feel for how it would be until I got it spot on...and it did take a while.

I posted my setup in the files section. I took measurements and part numbers of the setup I ended up with.

Is the Brandwood easy to dial in?

Mike

Yes, the Brandwood was very easy to dial in. It seems to me though that a hard line will outperform a cable in feel for a much longer period, so if it's working I wouldn't touch the Jmar.

I've read a lot of posts and it would seem logical that a rod shifter would be sweeter than a cable anytime, it's just I could not get the damn thing to work.