So you bought that cheap Suzuka sim racing kit on amazon, with the pedals, and the gear shifter, and the spring-centering wheel.
Now, you've decided to upgrade to a force-feedback wheel, perhaps a Logitec G29, or even a Fanatec. But the shifter from the Suzuka wheel was actually perfectly cromulent, so you decide to leave the wheel plugged in and keep using it's shifter. Fine!
After a while of being used in this much more realistic driving setup, it has been beat to shreds, the gearstick has literally snapped out and been hotglued back in repeatedly, the boot has been removed and lost, and now, internally, it is entirely structurally made out of hotglue.
Being made of hotglue, it's still perfectly functional, but, it's a bit loose, and occasionally, you're launching a powerful vehicle in second, try a quick shift to third, slap it in, and it moneyshifts into first and shreds your virtual synchro mesh, and that's getting kind of annoying.
In this EXACT scenario, this will be a super useful print for you.
Print with the bottom flat to bed and add bed-only tree supports and a very small brim, then stick in the freezer for a bit once it's cooled. The trees brims will meet the edge brims and will be plenty adhesion, and will crumble right out after 10 mins in the freezer.
I am aware that, when made of hotglue, you cannot remove the gearstick, and the knob is impossible to take off without a fully prepped surgical theatre and particularly strong surgeon, so there is a cutout section allowing mounting around the gearstick without it's removal; the section can be fitted back in place with some more delectible, scrumptious, salty-sweet hotglue. If your printer has very fine resolution, you can chop it out of the stl and print it a touch wider for tighter fit if you want. My printer is getting a little loose in it's old age, so I tend to give mating parts plenty of clearance. I'm afraid it does indeed have to be that tall, further down the shaft it starts to interfere with itself between gears and you have no room to put the gate, in early versions this left the gates very thin and prone to breaking if you hit them square on, but I've managed to add supports and reshape them such that when hit head on they will consistently force the stick to pick a side, and I've never broken one. Sometimes, my genius, it literally radiates heat. Frankly, it being about the only part of the shifter that doesn't ever break is what made me feel obligated to share it with the 7 unlucky people worldwide living this scenario, hope it helps <3
If you're so super happy your suzuka shifter will last a bit longer that you wanna help me get a fanatec wheel by leaving a huge tip, that would be awesome cause the g29 really sucks at drifting lol https://ko-fi.com/erinsteph
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