DIY sequential shifter

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finally, here it is. as i promised a DIY video on building your own sequential shifter. after my first prototype it turns out it was fine build for me, but i didnt stand the strength and brutality of a good friend of mine,

needless to say, he demolished that shifter in a 5 minute session with the shifter. he actually snaped the aluminum rod. anyways, as distraught as i was. i knew i could not release a how to on that shifter.

so i went back to the drawing board, and came up with what i call J-proof shifter.
(J is the first initial of the buddy who destroyed my first shifter). proof, being that he did not or could not destroy this one. all he did was bend the brackets
(easy fix)

as some of my subscribers on youtube know. i try me best to make mods of parts that are easily accessible to anyone from a hardware store. and common tools. so you dont have to order anything.

the main build excluding shift nob ad switches was well under $15. bolts, screws nuts washer and spacers.

switches and shift knob under $20

this shifter can be applied to pc you just need a usb interface so that the pc acknowledges the shifter.( use an old pc controller or something. as for connecting it to any wheel you just need to add the wires to the switches and map to buttons on wheel

stickie????

the videos is a little on the long side but i wanted to ba as detailed as possible
enjoy.
 
Nice work indeed. You could take it a step further Frex way and put a DPDT switch instead of two buttons, should give a better feeling IMO.

I had made a simple seq shifter not too while ago. I used a couple of plastic pipe clamps to give it a better in-gear feel, works great :)

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Nice work indeed. You could take it a step further Frex way and put a DPDT switch instead of two buttons, should give a better feeling IMO.

I had made a simple seq shifter not too while ago. I used a couple of plastic pipe clamps to give it a better in-gear feel, works great :)

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my 1st shifter was an almost identical to your design, only problem was that it was bulky, had no real place to put it on my rig.

as far as the switches go.. the switches i used gives you that in gear feel. turned out better than i ever expected. i just could not find a switch like the frex has. and i didn't want to order them.

in all honesty though,, this shifter feels like there is a transmission under your rig.
 
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Awesome Build I'm going to apply this to my fanatec shifter! Im not a big fan of the spring noise so I am going to see if i can work around that some how. Great detailed work. keep up the great work!
 
Awesome Build I'm going to apply this to my fanatec shifter! Im not a big fan of the spring noise so I am going to see if i can work around that some how. Great detailed work. keep up the great work!

i can honestly say it doesnt have the spring noise your talking about. there is not much play in the spring to make noise. the noise i get is from the click of the switch.. but i updated the switches and now is make no noise at all.. also added grease to the rod where the springs seats so is that much smoother.
 
I'm thinking of building a shifter for my DFGT. Can I use the 2 simple electronical parts from the DFGT wheel itselfs ? Or do I need something bigger (more solid) ?
 
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