[OkieRocket]

The latest update in the "Winters Shifter Saga"....
I think Winters has done all they know to do to help me. They've been courteous and attentive. I just don't think they have enough in depth, hands-on installation knowledge about my specific Rossler TH400 Transmission

....Here's what I have found up to now..... I'm not claiming to be an "expert" on this issue, or on TH400 Transmissions. I've just been at a continual "dead end" and not able to get anywhere in solving my problems by calling the Shifter Mfr., etc.....so I had to try to chase down a possible solution......So here goes!

After speaking with a number of other Transmission &Shifter-related Companies (TCI, ATI, CPT, Century Performance, etc.), trying to find someone who can help me, I "think" I finally have the "answer" to why I have had such a hard time in getting everything matched up and shifting correctly.....It's all about the "geometry" in the Shift Patterns, shift travels, Trans. & Shifter "Arc's," etc. for my specific Transmission. The Brackets and Gate Positions in my Winters Shifter are based on an "OEM" TH400. When a racing Transmission is assembled, there are many Custom parts and items that can vary to some degree.... like the angularity of the "flats" on the Shift Shaft on the Transmission and the final angularity of the Rooster Comb inside of the Transmission (due to the use of a Custom-mfd. Valve Body Assembly/Valve positions, etc.)......In short, these "variations" tend to stack up and change the "geometry" of the Shift Patterns and Travels (.....possibly only slightly, but "just enough" to cause problems in mating alignment between the Shifter travel and the Transmission Shift Lever)......So, trying to use an "Off the Shelf" Shifter Kit for a "typical" OEM TH400 is not going to "bolt right on" - without some modifications to either the Trans. Pan Cable Bracket, or the Trans. Shift Lever itself and/or Ball Stud Hole location, or both...It's just simply going to be a "Custom" Installation.

I want everyone to know that I certainly don't "blame" Winters for this situation. they did try to help as best they could. It appears to be simply a case of Winter's possibly never working through the specific "geometry" of the Rossler TH400, so that their Gate Plate and Brackets are "correct" for this specific Transmission.

Again, I'm not trying to say I am an expert. This is just what I have found after about 2 months of having to do research on my own.....Hopefully, this info. might shed some light on this type of problem for someone else fighting the same problem.

Harold