So I cut a corner on my 4" short arm skyjacker and opted for the T case lowering kit instead of the longer rear CV drive shaft. Saved me $300, right? Wrong. The shifter handel on my Rubicon bumped the console in 6th and reverse. So....I disconnected the shifter handle where it bolts on top of the 6spd transmission, and fired up my torch. I saw some rubber starting to burn as I headed up the lowest part of the handle but I figured it was probably an O ring I could replace for $.05. As the rubber melted, I thought man, that's a lot of melting rubber for a small O ring. It turns out that whole proximal end of the shifter handle contains a big rubber bushing that is now shot. I have to shift my new Rubicon with a damn vice grip which bumps in 4th, 6th, and reverse, AND, it popped off while I was in traffic today and I almost died in a crash because of it. To top it all off, there are no junkyards withing 500 miles with the part and the dealership said it costs, get this, $530 for a new one! Please, somebody give me some sympathy because when I called my dad to lament, he told me that it serves me right for ruining a perfectly good jeep by lifting it. Any one got an extra shifter laying around? I'll pay cash
