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Transmission and drivetrain

Shifter extender

  • shifter
  • extender

EN · machine-assisted draft

An accessory fitted between a manual gear lever and its knob to raise or reposition the handgrip. It changes reach and leverage, rather than repairing worn linkage or acting as a short-shift kit. GoWesty’s Bus/Vanagon example uses a threaded extension and locating nut; compatibility depends on actual lever and knob dimensions.

The shifter extender repositions the knob closer to the driver.
Attributed to vanagon_corpus_draftView source

Canonical entry: dictionary.vanagon.com/en/define/shifter-extender