quote:well I thought that if you increased the ball size on the end of the shifter rod by say 25% in the fore and aft axis, and left the diameter the same on the sides of the shift rod
Probably won't work. It's still the same movement length fore and aft based on the length of the shifter. A bigger ball doesn't change the centerline. The only thing that would work is to change the effective length of the shifter rod above or below the fulcrum pivot point.