I was really only replacing mine because the bolt seems to have been overtightened in the past and bent the ears of the coupler in. If I get around to it I'll let you know, but seven week old baby says "**** that you're not allowed in the garage". :(

Interesting. The way I adjust is to hold the shift knob and tighten the coupler, and I designed the one-handed clamp to assist my preferred method. Before the one-handed clamp, I had to awkwardly use one hand on both wrenches to tighten enough to hold the adjustment, then complete the tightening of the nut and bolt with two hands.

I find holding the knob allows for great precision in positioning, since you have distance and leverage to work with. For me, it is a huge time saver and I do a lot of installs and readjustments.

I'm sorry your experience was less than satisfactory and you considered it a downgrade. You could drill through the threads and put a nut on the end with a longer bolt and still have an upgrade from the original (that was probably bent and scarred).

James

I have a JWest one wrench clamp and absolutely love it. I hated the Factory clamp as it was damn near impossible to tighten while making sure the shifter stayed in the right place. I use this clamp in my race car and I would never go back to a clamp that requires two wrenches. I don't get needing a "counter force". Just don't be hamfisted when tightening and it works perfectly....

I’ll continue to use it. You’re not the only one that makes a one handed clamp so I figured I’m missing out on something not having one. I did struggle getting it clamped tight without the adjustment moving but maybe it’s my technique because I’m so used to the stock clamp. No worries. sorry for talking negative about your product. i feel bad now

Your shifter remains the greatest improvement I’ve made to my car by far

Sounds like you're missing the "other hand on the knob" part of the technique otherwise with the factory setup, the equal and opposite forces aspect to it is an interesting technical observation on your part in its own right !

Please don't feel bad, I am always interested when there is another perspective or another approach. All part of learning and improving.

James

I never had to hold the knob with the stock setup…just line up my indexing lines and gently tighten. Whatever method, doesn’t really matter as this is only something the gets adjusted on rare occasions.

Installed the Stomski. Wow, what an improvement (especially when compared to a coupler with losose bushings).

Also noticed a poster from Minneapolis (I am Woodbury). Nice to see someone from MN.