Installation Manual TWM Performance Short Shifter 2009 Toyota Corolla

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1 Installation Manual TWM Performance Short Shifter 2009 Toyota Corolla Please Note: It is preferable to park on a flat surface, as you will have to engage and disengage the hand brake and shift from gears to neutral. If you cannot do so and are obliged to install the short shifter on a slightly inclined surface, place wooden blocks in front and behind the wheels to prevent the car from moving while you re working. Please read this manual completely before beginning to work on your car. Estimated Installation Time: 60 minutes shifter only, 75 minutes with base bushings Tools required: Flat head screw drivers (small and large) Philips head screw driver Hammer Flash light or shop light **Recommended Needle nose pliers Rotary cutting tool (Dremel Tool) **Recommended Safety glasses Shop towels or rags Metric socket set (with 10mm, 12mm, and 14mm sockets) and a ratchet with extension Punch set (screwdrivers may be substituted) Bench Vise All purpose automotive grease (white Lithium based grease preferred)

2 1. Unscrew the shift knob by rotating it counter clockwise and put it in a safe place for re-install later. 2. Pull the shift boot up over the plastic shift boot retainer. 3. Pull up the shift boot console from both sides to pop it off the center console, do not remove it at this time simply pop it off the main console.

3 4. Continue the shift boot console removal by pulling on the plastic part that goes up the sides of the climate controls as shown. These parts need to be pulled off with some force but are left in place for now, just disconnect them. 5. With the side plastic pieces popped free you now have access to a Phillips head screw on each side of the console. Remove these screws using a Phillips head screwdriver. Put the screws aside in a safe place for re-install later. 6. Disconnect the white clip for the lighter under the shift boot console by pulling down on the white plastic part.

4 7. Remove the shift boot console from the car and put it aside in a safe place for re-install later. 8. Open the center storage compartment. Using a flat head screwdriver, pry up on the middle part of the center console as shown on the pictures to the left. There are grooves where a flat head screwdriver can be inserted to pry up.

5 9. Slide the e-brake boot over the e- brake lever as shown to the left. 10. Remove the middle part of the center console as pictured to the left. Put it aside in a safe place for re-install later. 11. Remove the small mat from the center compartment to gain access to the two 10mm bolts at the bottom of the compartment. You can unbolt these using a 10mm socket with a ratchet and a ratchet extension. Place the two bolts aside in a safe place for re-install later. Continued on next page

6 11. Continued from last page. 12. Unscrew the two screws at the front of the console under the climate controls using a Phillips head screwdriver. Put the screws aside in a safe place for re-install later.

7 13. Disconnect the white clip as shown to the left. 14. This step is easier with the help of an assistant. Remove the center console from the car and put it aside in a safe place for re-install later. The center console extends all the way to the front near the gas pedal and to the same place on the passenger side. There are plastic guides at the front end of the console that need to be popped out. It is easier to remove the console from the car by moving it back between the front seats, over the back seat and out of the car through one of the back doors. 15. You now have access to the plastic shift assembly and the shifter. Working at the bottom of the shifter itself, spread the steel wire clip apart with your fingers or needle nose pliers and push the cable down. This will separate the shifter from the shifter cable. Be sure not to lose the steel wire clip as it needs to be used for reinstallation. Once the shifter and plastic cup are slid out of the shifter cable housing, the steel wire clip can be left in place on the shifter cable to be certain not to misplace it.

8 16. In order to remove the shifter, the push clip on the passenger side of the shifter assembly holding the pin must be removed or cut with a rotary tool or Dremel tool. If you do not have access to rotary tool, use a sharp flat head screwdriver and a hammer and work your way around the push clip to remove it. New push clips are provided in the kit if they are broken or cut during removal. Both methods are pictured to the left. Be sure to wrap shop towels or rags around the shift assembly to protect the interior from any debris while cutting if you use a Dremel tool. Always wear safety glasses if you use a rotary cutting tool or Dremel. Once the clip is cut it can be slid off the pin with a flat head screwdriver. 17. Using needle nose pliers, remove the steel clip that holds the side shifter cable to the white plastic triangular arm on the shift assembly. Put the clip aside in a safe place for re-install later.

9 18. Disconnect the shifter cable that controls side to side motion from the triangular plastic side arm by sliding it off. 19. Push the pin out of the assembly using a hammer and a small punch. Use a small screwdriver if a punch is not available. 20. Remove the pin and the triangular plastic side arm from the shift assembly. Put them aside in a safe place for re-install later.

10 21. Remove the spring from the shifter side arm. Pay close attention to how the spring is installed on the side arm as you will have to re-install it later. Put the spring aside in a safe place for re-install later. 22. You can now remove the stock shifter from the shift assembly. 23. Using a large flat head screwdriver, pry the plastic shift boot retainer off of the stock shifter. The boot retainer has to slide up to the top of the shifter to be removed. Put the boot retainer aside in a safe place for re-install on the TWM short shifter later.

11 24. Remove the top part of the shift assembly from the stock shifter and put it aside in a safe place for reinstallation on the TWM short shifter. 25. Remove the small plastic cup from the bottom of the stock shifter. To do so, hang the stock shifter on the Cup Remover Tool supplied with the kit on a vice with the jaws open about 1 inch as pictured to the left. Be sure the stock shifter is inserted completely in to the slot in the cup remover tool. Ask an assistant to hold the stock shifter to avoid it falling to the ground when the cup is separated from it. Use a punch or screwdriver and a hammer to punch the stock shifter out of the plastic cup. 26. Grease the small ball on the bottom of the TWM short shifter as shown to the left. TWM recommends using white lithium based grease, however any automotive grade grease will suffice.

12 27. Press the small white cup you removed in the previous step on to the TWM short shifter. Place the cup on a flat surface and push the shifter down in to it. 28. Place the top plastic part of the shift assembly on the TWM short shifter. 29. Place the stock shift boot retainer on the TWM short shifter. It should sit in the top groove on the TWM short shifter intended for the retainer. A flat head screwdriver may be used in the groove to hold the boot retainer open to help to slide it on the shifter shaft.

13 30. Grease the main pivot ball as shown to the left. 31. Install the TWM short shifter in the shift assembly and clip the bottom pivot ball with plastic cup on the shifter cable. Make sure the steel wire clip is connected properly over the pivot ball, as shown to the lower left.

14 32. Re-install the spring for the triangular shaped side arm ensuring it s orientation is correct as pictured to the left. Re-install the top plastic cap over the main pivot ball. The 2 tabs on the rear of this cap slide in to the 2 grooves in the assembly, then the front can be pushed down so the hole through it lines up with the hole through the assembly. 33. Re-install the triangular shaped side pivot arm and pin as pictured to the left. Use a hammer to lightly tap the pin all the way through the shift assembly. 34. Re-connect the side shifter cable to the triangular side arm. Secure the shifter cable on the side arm with the steel clip as shown on the picture on the next page. Continued

15 34. Continued from last page: The steel clip securing the shifter cable on to the side arm. 35. Using a 14mm socket, install a new push clip included with the TWM short shifter to secure the cross pin to the shift assembly. 36. The following steps are only required if you purchased your TWM short shifter with optional aluminum base bushings. If you did not purchase the bushings, skip to step 41 to complete the installation. Using a 12mm socket with a ratchet and an extension, remove the four (4) bolts attaching the plastic shift assembly to the floor pan and put them aside in a safe place for re-installation later.

16 37. Lift the shift assembly slightly and use a flat head screwdriver to push the steel sleeves in the rubber bushings out through the bottom of the bushing. Repeat for all four corners. 38. Remove the rubber bushings from the base of the assembly by pushing them down through the assembly with a flat head screwdriver or with your fingers. It is helpful to pull on the bushings from beneath the assembly with your fingers while pushing them down through the top with your other hand. Repeat for all four corners of the shift assembly.the rubber bushings will not be re-used. 39. Install the base bushings beneath the shift assembly with the smaller diameter step facing up. This step fits in to the holes in the plastic assembly to replace the rubber bushings you removed in the previous step. Install a bushing at each corner of the shift assembly and ensure that the assembly is seated properly with each smaller diameter step on each bushing fully inserted in the holes at each corner of the assembly before proceeding to step 40.

17 40. Secure the shift assembly back in place with the four (4) stock bolts and a 12mm socket and ratchet. Be sure the step on the bushings at each corner of the assembly are in the holes in the assembly properly before tightening it down. 41. Re-install the center console, reconnect all wires and connectors, and install the shift knob by reversing steps 1 to 14. You are done, enjoy the drive! Thank you, for choosing TWM Performance. Legal Disclaimer TWM Performance is not responsible for the misuse, incorrect installation, or failure of any product we sell. Under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, will TWM Performance be liable for special or consequential damages that result from the use or inability to use our products. TWM Performance does not assume responsibility for any damage to the user, passenger or vehicle resulting from the operation of a TWM Performance product. TO PROTECT USERS FROM INJURY OR DEATH. THE USER ASSUMES ALL RISKS. Autocrossing, track events, and high speed driving are all dangerous activities - always drive responsibly and safely.

18 Warranty Installation of some TWM Performance products may or may not void factory warranties. Always keep OEM equipment that has been replaced in case work is required at the dealer or the vehicle is sold. This warranty covers the original purchasing consumer. This warranty is limited to repair or replacement by TWM Performance of any TWM Performance product that fails because of a defect in materials or workmanship. Warranty does not cover the following: -Damage incurred to related vehicle components -Regular day to day wear on vehicle -Shipping costs for replacements -Installation costs and vehicle down time -Products that have been modified, incorrectly installed or misused. -Mounting hardware and bearings