3D Printable Lateral Short Throw for stock shifter assembly

[Lucas@AirLift]

Originally Posted by Compeer

Really bloody cool! get it done I will buy one and fit it to be another test dummy!

Honestly, if you covered shipping costs from MI, USA to you in NZ I will send you it for free to test out. I have a total of maybe 4 hours in design time in to this, and it costs ~$2USD in material to print one out.

I couldn't wait for my lunch break so I snuck out of work and threw it in the shifter really quick.. and it works perfect! With the 2" shifter extension I am running, I measured a full lateral travel of ~4.5" stock. With this printed arm I measured ~4" which is about a 12% reduction in lateral throw! In the V1 model I moved the pin 10mm farther from the pivot to get this reduction. I am going to do the V2 in 2 different flavors, 10mm and 15mm. The 15mm should drop the lateral throw by at least another 5%. Personally I LOVE how it feels at this point, but I think others may want it shorter.

So here are the pics. I have learned from my 3d print adventures in the gun cad world that pegs that come from a flat surface are super weak and will likely fail. To combat this, I drilled and tapped the shifter peg with a 6-32x3/4" button head screw, and I can SLAM the shifter side to side and it did not damage the part! I am also using a bolt to replace the broken spring peg on this revision. The final will have a 6-32 bolt on both pegs to prevent breakage.