After reading some info it seems that tremec actually dicourages aftermarket shifters with stops saying they have internal stops...any one hear of this? should we remove our stops in our aftermarket shifters???
The only place I've ever heard this before, is on this forum. I've seen it mentioned here a few times, (perhaps by you?) I have the stops on my shifter "active", if you will with no problems. I have not read this anywhere and would love to see a reference link to their web site where it states this.
I suspect they are worried about people adjusting them too far, and stopping with the gear not fully engaged. What I would do is back off the stops on your shifter so that fully engaged you can just slip a business card between it and the shifter. That way if you're using the internal stop 99.9% of the time, and if you ever yank on it hard enough to hit the shifter stop you can probably keep something from bending inside.
I think you are right - sometimes car parts mfr's make recommendations to accomodate nudnicks, not enthusiasts.
I have spent a fair amount of time looking at the physical design of the T56 based on the schematics I posted last week, and can find no reason why shift stops properly adjusted could cause problems. As much as I hate anecdotal only comments - my car has the TriAx, and hasn't failed yet.
Finicky - thanks for the link. I did read what I could find there, but still did't find any explanation as to how using the stops on the shifter could damage the transmission in any way. Sorry to say, their web site wasn't very informative, but thanks for the link anyways.
03blackvert - your explanation is the best one I've seen. That could possibly explain their recommendation.
Again, I use the stops on my shifter and have had absolutely no problems.