Good video! I might have to try doing this too. I'm not sure if this it the same as my noise, I always thought mine was internal to the transmission but I could be wrong. I have some leftover adhesive sound dampner material from another project, I wonder if that would work as an alternative to the rubber sheeting you showed?
Try disconnecting the cable rod ends from the shift lever and see if you still get the buzz. I chased the noise for years. That was my lightbulb moment. You don't want the isolator to be flexible because you don't want the bracket to be moving when you shift.
@@justaddafan mine is more of an in-gear while driving buzz, are you saying that yours was noticable even at idle? Mine is usually at steady or decelleration in 3rd gear mostly. A few threads on lotustalk indicated it might just be normal transmission gear noise.
@@VincentChiaro Just to make it clear, this only happened after I started upgrading the shifter and cables. The stock setup didn't do it. It buzzed in all gears between about 2500 and 5000 RPM. Worst in 3rd and 4th. I could also get it to buzz when in neutral at these same engine speeds. So I disconnected the rod ends at the shifter and left the cable jackets attached to the abutment blocks. It still buzzed, which indicated that the vibration was being transferred through the cable jacket, not the cable itself.
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Good video! I might have to try doing this too. I'm not sure if this it the same as my noise, I always thought mine was internal to the transmission but I could be wrong.
I have some leftover adhesive sound dampner material from another project, I wonder if that would work as an alternative to the rubber sheeting you showed?
Try disconnecting the cable rod ends from the shift lever and see if you still get the buzz. I chased the noise for years. That was my lightbulb moment.
You don't want the isolator to be flexible because you don't want the bracket to be moving when you shift.
@@justaddafan mine is more of an in-gear while driving buzz, are you saying that yours was noticable even at idle? Mine is usually at steady or decelleration in 3rd gear mostly. A few threads on lotustalk indicated it might just be normal transmission gear noise.
@@VincentChiaro Just to make it clear, this only happened after I started upgrading the shifter and cables. The stock setup didn't do it. It buzzed in all gears between about 2500 and 5000 RPM. Worst in 3rd and 4th. I could also get it to buzz when in neutral at these same engine speeds. So I disconnected the rod ends at the shifter and left the cable jackets attached to the abutment blocks. It still buzzed, which indicated that the vibration was being transferred through the cable jacket, not the cable itself.