Installation Manual TWM Performance Short Shifter 2009 Toyota Corolla
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Installation Manual
TWM Performance
Short Shifter
2009 Toyota Corolla
Please Note: It is preferable to park on a flat surface, as you will have to engage and
disengage the hand brake and shift from gears to neutral. If you cannot do so and are obliged
to install the short shifter on a slightly inclined surface, place wooden blocks in front and
behind the wheels to prevent the car from moving while you’re working. Please read this
manual completely before beginning to work on your car.
Estimated Installation Time: 60 minutes shifter only, 75 minutes with base bushings
Tools required:
• Flat head screw drivers (small and large)
• Philips head screw driver
• Hammer
• Flash light or shop light **Recommended
• Needle nose pliers
• Rotary cutting tool (Dremel Tool) **Recommended
• Safety glasses
• Shop towels or rags
• Metric socket set (with 10mm, 12mm, and 14mm sockets) and a ratchet with extension
• Punch set (screwdrivers may be substituted)
• Bench Vise
• All purpose automotive grease (white Lithium based grease preferred)
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1. Unscrew the shift knob by rotating it
counter clockwise and put it in a safe
place for re-install later.
2. Pull the shift boot up over the plastic
shift boot retainer.
3. Pull up the shift boot console from
both sides to pop it off the center
console, do not remove it at this time
simply pop it off the main console.
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4. Continue the shift boot console
removal by pulling on the plastic part
that goes up the sides of the climate
controls as shown. These parts need to
be pulled off with some force but are left
in place for now, just disconnect them.
5. With the side plastic pieces popped
free you now have access to a Phillips
head screw on each side of the console.
Remove these screws using a Phillips
head screwdriver. Put the screws aside
in a safe place for re-install later.
6. Disconnect the white clip for the
lighter under the shift boot console by
pulling down on the white plastic part.
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7. Remove the shift boot console from
the car and put it aside in a safe place
for re-install later.
8. Open the center storage
compartment. Using a flat head
screwdriver, pry up on the middle part of
the center console as shown on the
pictures to the left. There are grooves
where a flat head screwdriver can be
inserted to pry up.
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9. Slide the e-brake boot over the e-
brake lever as shown to the left.
10. Remove the middle part of the
center console as pictured to the left.
Put it aside in a safe place for re-install
later.
11. Remove the small mat from the
center compartment to gain access to
the two 10mm bolts at the bottom of the
compartment. You can unbolt these
using a 10mm socket with a ratchet and
a ratchet extension.
Place the two bolts aside in a safe place
for re-install later.
Continued on next page…
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11. Continued from last page.
12. Unscrew the two screws at the front
of the console under the climate
controls using a Phillips head
screwdriver. Put the screws aside in a
safe place for re-install later.
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13. Disconnect the white clip as shown
to the left.
14. This step is easier with the help of
an assistant. Remove the center
console from the car and put it aside in
a safe place for re-install later. The
center console extends all the way to
the front near the gas pedal and to the
same place on the passenger side.
There are plastic guides at the front
end of the console that need to be
popped out. It is easier to remove the
console from the car by moving it back
between the front seats, over the back
seat and out of the car through one of
the back doors.
15. You now have access to the
plastic shift assembly and the shifter.
Working at the bottom of the shifter
itself, spread the steel wire clip apart
with your fingers or needle nose pliers
and push the cable down. This will
separate the shifter from the shifter
cable. Be sure not to lose the steel
wire clip as it needs to be used for re-
installation.
Once the shifter and plastic cup are slid
out of the shifter cable housing, the
steel wire clip can be left in place on
the shifter cable to be certain not to
misplace it.
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16. In order to remove the shifter, the
push clip on the passenger side of the
shifter assembly holding the pin must
be removed or cut with a rotary tool or
Dremel tool. If you do not have access
to rotary tool, use a sharp flat head
screwdriver and a hammer and work
your way around the push clip to
remove it. New push clips are provided
in the kit if they are broken or cut
during removal.
Both methods are pictured to the left.
Be sure to wrap shop towels or rags
around the shift assembly to protect the
interior from any debris while cutting if
you use a Dremel tool.
Always wear safety glasses if you use
a rotary cutting tool or Dremel. Once
the clip is cut it can be slid off the pin
with a flat head screwdriver.
17. Using needle nose pliers, remove
the steel clip that holds the side shifter
cable to the white plastic triangular arm
on the shift assembly. Put the clip
aside in a safe place for re-install later.
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18. Disconnect the shifter cable that
controls side to side motion from the
triangular plastic side arm by sliding it
off.
19. Push the pin out of the assembly
using a hammer and a small punch.
Use a small screwdriver if a punch is
not available.
20. Remove the pin and the triangular
plastic side arm from the shift
assembly. Put them aside in a safe
place for re-install later.
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21. Remove the spring from the shifter
side arm. Pay close attention to how
the spring is installed on the side arm
as you will have to re-install it later.
Put the spring aside in a safe place for
re-install later.
22. You can now remove the stock
shifter from the shift assembly.
23. Using a large flat head
screwdriver, pry the plastic shift boot
retainer off of the stock shifter. The
boot retainer has to slide up to the top
of the shifter to be removed. Put the
boot retainer aside in a safe place for
re-install on the TWM short shifter later.
This Installation Manual is available for download at www.twmperformance.com24. Remove the top part of the shift
assembly from the stock shifter and put
it aside in a safe place for re-
installation on the TWM short shifter.
25. Remove the small plastic cup from
the bottom of the stock shifter. To do
so, hang the stock shifter on the Cup
Remover Tool supplied with the kit on a
vice with the jaws open about 1 inch as
pictured to the left. Be sure the stock
shifter is inserted completely in to the
slot in the cup remover tool. Ask an
assistant to hold the stock shifter to
avoid it falling to the ground when the
cup is separated from it. Use a punch
or screwdriver and a hammer to punch
the stock shifter out of the plastic cup.
26. Grease the small ball on the
bottom of the TWM short shifter as
shown to the left. TWM recommends
using white lithium based grease,
however any automotive grade grease
will suffice.
This Installation Manual is available for download at www.twmperformance.com27. Press the small white cup you
removed in the previous step on to the
TWM short shifter. Place the cup on a
flat surface and push the shifter down
in to it.
28. Place the top plastic part of the
shift assembly on the TWM short
shifter.
29. Place the stock shift boot retainer
on the TWM short shifter. It should sit
in the top groove on the TWM short
shifter intended for the retainer. A flat
head screwdriver may be used in the
groove to hold the boot retainer open to
help to slide it on the shifter shaft.
This Installation Manual is available for download at www.twmperformance.com30. Grease the main pivot ball as
shown to the left.
31. Install the TWM short shifter in the
shift assembly and clip the bottom pivot
ball with plastic cup on the shifter
cable. Make sure the steel wire clip is
connected properly over the pivot ball,
as shown to the lower left.
This Installation Manual is available for download at www.twmperformance.com32. Re-install the spring for the
triangular shaped side arm ensuring it’s
orientation is correct as pictured to the
left.
Re-install the top plastic cap over the
main pivot ball. The 2 tabs on the rear
of this cap slide in to the 2 grooves in
the assembly, then the front can be
pushed down so the hole through it
lines up with the hole through the
assembly.
33. Re-install the triangular shaped
side pivot arm and pin as pictured to
the left. Use a hammer to lightly tap
the pin all the way through the shift
assembly.
34. Re-connect the side shifter cable
to the triangular side arm. Secure the
shifter cable on the side arm with the
steel clip as shown on the picture on
the next page.
Continued…
This Installation Manual is available for download at www.twmperformance.com34. Continued from last page: The
steel clip securing the shifter cable on
to the side arm.
35. Using a 14mm socket, install a
new push clip included with the TWM
short shifter to secure the cross pin to
the shift assembly.
36. The following steps are only
required if you purchased your TWM
short shifter with optional aluminum
base bushings. If you did not
purchase the bushings, skip to step
41 to complete the installation.
Using a 12mm socket with a ratchet
and an extension, remove the four (4)
bolts attaching the plastic shift
assembly to the floor pan and put them
aside in a safe place for re-installation
later.
This Installation Manual is available for download at www.twmperformance.com37. Lift the shift assembly slightly and
use a flat head screwdriver to push the
steel sleeves in the rubber bushings
out through the bottom of the bushing.
Repeat for all four corners.
38. Remove the rubber bushings from
the base of the assembly by pushing
them down through the assembly with
a flat head screwdriver or with your
fingers. It is helpful to pull on the
bushings from beneath the assembly
with your fingers while pushing them
down through the top with your other
hand. Repeat for all four corners of the
shift assembly.The rubber bushings will
not be re-used.
39. Install the base bushings beneath
the shift assembly with the smaller
diameter step facing up. This step fits
in to the holes in the plastic assembly
to replace the rubber bushings you
removed in the previous step. Install a
bushing at each corner of the shift
assembly and ensure that the
assembly is seated properly with each
smaller diameter step on each bushing
fully inserted in the holes at each
corner of the assembly before
proceeding to step 40.
This Installation Manual is available for download at www.twmperformance.com40. Secure the shift assembly back in
place with the four (4) stock bolts and a
12mm socket and ratchet. Be sure the
step on the bushings at each corner of
the assembly are in the holes in the
assembly properly before tightening it
down.
41. Re-install the center console, re-
connect all wires and connectors, and
install the shift knob by reversing steps
1 to 14. You are done, enjoy the drive!
Thank you, for choosing TWM
Performance.
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product we sell.
Under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, will TWM Performance be
liable for special or consequential damages that result from the use or inability to use our
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passenger or vehicle resulting from the operation of a TWM Performance product.
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Autocrossing, track events, and high speed driving are all dangerous activities - always drive
responsibly and safely.
This Installation Manual is available for download at www.twmperformance.comWarranty Installation of some TWM Performance products may or may not void factory warranties. Always keep OEM equipment that has been replaced in case work is required at the dealer or the vehicle is sold. This warranty covers the original purchasing consumer. This warranty is limited to repair or replacement by TWM Performance of any TWM Performance product that fails because of a defect in materials or workmanship. Warranty does not cover the following: -Damage incurred to related vehicle components -Regular day to day wear on vehicle -Shipping costs for replacements -Installation costs and vehicle down time -Products that have been modified, incorrectly installed or misused. -Mounting hardware and bearings This Installation Manual is available for download at www.twmperformance.com
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