Hurst Transmission shifter Cable replacement

V6 Kompressor

V6 Kompressor

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Hi Group, well during the xmas holidays, it seemed that the park position was getting further away and finally went south for the winter... IE: shifter cable died. Checked with my local GM parts person... New cables still available but wholesale for about $160 and list for about $220. Crap, I am not going to make gm any richer so I bought a 92 corvette auto cable and with a little work, made it work... it needs to be about 4 inches longer, but for only $45, I made it work. But, in my quest for something better and cheaper, I found that a hurst # 500-0029 cable is just what the doctor ordered... but the only drawback is, if any, is that it is 5 feet long... not a real problem and it comes with all the hardware to make it work. It has the eyelets on both ends and it is adjustable for the "deep" pan syndrome" that I have read about, IE: you can adjust this unit, at the linkage area to compensate for different pan depths. The summit part number is HUU-500-0029 and the Barnett number is HUR5000029. I haven't installed mine yet, but for only $40 plus ship, you can tell the general it feels alot better than the replacement that he reccomends... even without vaseline... :lol: :lol:
 
sytyguy

sytyguy

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Good info....this is becoming more of a problem for us, so this may be a viable solution.

Kewl.....I've got some catalogs to dive thru tomorrow at work. :D

Hood
 
V6 Kompressor

V6 Kompressor

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I'll install this cable this weekend, I have to rent a bulldozer to help me clean out my shop so I can have room enough.... I'll update and detail any problems after the install.....
 
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Lynn D. Brown

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Tranny cable

Tranny cable

It has the eyelets on both ends and it is adjustable for the "deep" pan syndrome" that I have read about

I'm wondering why that would matter when the linkage bracket attaches to the bottom of the trans and the top of the Trans pan. So why would the Pan depth matter ? - except that perhaps the thickness where the linkage bolts in is maybe 1/8-1/4" thicker.
 
SYO237

SYO237

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good info, as i just broke mine. if you have any updates with pictures on the changes and whatnot, it would be much appreciated


i hate both of my fucking trucks. pieces of shit.
 
V6 Kompressor

V6 Kompressor

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Re: Tranny cable

Re: Tranny cable

Lynn D. Brown said:
It has the eyelets on both ends and it is adjustable for the "deep" pan syndrome" that I have read about

I'm wondering why that would matter when the linkage bracket attaches to the bottom of the trans and the top of the Trans pan. So why would the Pan depth matter ? - except that perhaps the thickness where the linkage bolts in is maybe 1/8-1/4" thicker.
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http://www.syty.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=31662&highlight=shifter+cable

Well Hell Lynn, It was your post that I had read, but I din't comprehend what you were talking about... there were a few other people on theis board desiring an adjustable cable, for one reason or the other, and all of the stock factory brackets and cable components are still available from your local GM parts person.

After reading your post again, I understand what you are talking about now about the "side thickness", but anyway, The upper part of the hurst cable is about 1 inch too long for the stock shifter unit, but I am looking into a fabricated bracket that can be bolted onto the shifter assembly for under $10 that will work with the hurst cable. The corvette cable assembly is still working fine, it is just on the border of being too damn short... if the trans mount falls apart and the rubber part decides to leave the mount, then the cable will probably get pulled apart. But it is working for now. Automatic Trans Parts (ATP) is now making up stock cables and it may not hurt to ask them to make the corvette replacement cable 4 inches longer to fit some more applications... (hint, Hint) but this adaptor for the hurst cable looks to be real simple to fab up. Stay Tuned...
 
sytyguy

sytyguy

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I have some decent "pull" with ATP. I'll put in a call Monday and see if I can find something out.

You guys will be the first to know.....

Hood
 
V6 Kompressor

V6 Kompressor

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If you are talking about this thread, it wasn't the shifter, but the cable being readily available from most suppliers for only about $40 versus $125 to $165 for an oem cable. It is just a load of crap to pay $80 to $120 more for a part than you should have to. And Mike (SyTy guy) ask them (ATP) to make it about 8" longer than the vette unit. I measured the difference again after putting my old one back together and the vette one is about 32" long eyelet to eyelet and the sy/ty/so-gt unit is about 40" long.
 
sytyguy

sytyguy

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Still waiting on a call back from ATP, but I did speak with Hurst & B&M yesterday. First off, B&M doesn't offer a double eyelet cable, and they only offer lengths in ft increments (2', 3', 4', 5', etc....). If they had one that was just a little shorter than 5 ft, then the double eyelet woud be nothing to adapt. However, they don't. As far as Hurst, the only double eyelet cable they offer is the 500-0029 which V6 Kompressor tried. Unfortunately, they only offer ft increments on their cables as well.

So........we're SOL with Hurst and B&M (they we're quite willing to help, just had nothing available). But maybe ATP can help. At least, I feel they'll be more willing to entertain producing the cable if they don't already make it.

We'll see.....

Hood
 
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Captain Morgan

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Bringing this back to the top. Lots of good information in this thread, however its still kind of open ended...

Any news on ATP? Anyone have any updates or follow ups on thier cable installs?

I just have a question for those who have toyed around with these cables. It was mentioned above that the Corvette cable was approximately 32" eye to eye and the SyTy cable was 40" eye to eye, but if the Corvette cable was about 4" longer, it would work better.

So basically
Vette = 32" = 2'8"
SyTy = 40" = 3'4"

The Hurst cable mentioned above (5000029) is a 5' cable. Theoretically speaking, if that cable was available in a 3' or 4' length, which would be "better" for our application?

Since the feeling is that a Corvette cable that was 4" longer (basically 3') would work just fine, or would the 4' cable (giving you an extra foot) be beneficial in some way?

Just kind of curious since Im going to need a new cable for one of my Tys. I'd rather put my stock cable in the 92 and try and fool around with an aftermarket cable in my Ty and perhaps come up with a solution to this $130 problem we have :D
 
cartman007

cartman007

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OK, but I am trying to get my truck back together soon for a few more runs before it goes into winter hibernation. Let me know here our on SSF. Thanks bro :)
 
Andreas

Andreas

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Re: Hurst Transmission shifter Cable replacement

Bringing this great thread back.

How did it work out with the Hurst cable?
With some effort a new bracket up by the shifter to compensate for the 1" can be done.
But how does the Hurst cable mount up down by the tranny?
Can the stock bracket be used???
 
Andreas

Andreas

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Re: Hurst Transmission shifter Cable replacement

I thought this was a hot topic , but it seems to be dead :(
Well I guess everyone has their cable problems out of the way.

Anyway...gone go the Hurst route.
Fab some brackets and just make it work.
 
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