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Old 05-20-2018, 01:42 PM
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I know this has been mentioned before, but my hurst shift rattled like crazy above 3k rpms. I had read a lot of solutions but decided to try the wheel weights and dynamat. Used the stick on wheel weights around the shifter shaft in strips of 3 or 4, all the way around. I then took the dynamat and wrapped it around the shifter shaft about 3 times. Took it for a test drive, and the rattle was completely gone. I was kind of amazed it was that simple.

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Take it out and sell it, there is no fix
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Well there was a fix for me, the rattle is gone. Hoping this helps someone else.
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Well there was a fix for me, the rattle is gone. Hoping this helps someone else.
I tried for months, searched and tried everything on this forum. I even called Hurst about it, I took that POS out and sold it.

I cut the stock shifter off, threaded it down and found a small ball at Twistedshifterz.com and I love it.
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[QUOTE=icust298;1597238183]I know this has been mentioned before, but my hurst shift rattled like crazy above 3k rpms. I had read a lot of solutions but decided to try the wheel weights and dynamat. Used the stick on wheel weights around the shifter shaft in strips of 3 or 4, all the way around. I then took the dynamat and wrapped it around the shifter shaft about 3 times. Took it for a test drive, and the rattle was completely gone. I was kind of amazed it was that simple.

My C5 Hurst also rattled, as I remember, years ago, I crimped the female threads in the stock shift **** and no more rattle for almost 18 years now. Love the Hurst.
You wouldn't think it's the shifter **** because it didn't feel loose but it stopped it. Didn't try it but maybe Silicone adhesive might work. It doesn't take much of a crimp, careful.
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Wow, that’s what that damn rattling is? The FRC I bought a couple months ago has a Hurst shifter **** and the damn thing rattles like crazy. The sound and feel
of it drives me up the wall.

i was thinking something was wrong.

more incentive to replace it with a C6 ****.

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