Thread: Genie Vs Lokar

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Thanks for your reply RUMRUM. I decided against the Quicksilver because of it's size in my very small '29 roadster cockpit. I have ordered the Lokar based on the price considering I am trashing my present Gennie shifter. The main gain is the lockout for reverse and some slight increase in legroom for my wife on the passenger side. I may also replace my e-brake handle and go to a flat floor model. The main factor is that I wanted the original look but getting some comfort space on the passenger side is becoming increasingly important if I can ever convince my wife to "tour" a bit in the roadster. Another problem on the horizon is the need for side curtains but I can postpone that for a while. NOW FOR THE MAIN QUESTION TO IC2. In your earlier pictures the rod you modified to 5/16" appears to be only about 8" or so in your pictures. I hope to make the same improvement on my Lokar (700R4) and have ordered two precision ball/heim ends from Speedway but the hole in the ball end is 1/4" so most of the available ball/heim ends have the same threaded size as the ball hole. Thus did IC2 bore out the threaded hole to make it 5/16" or whittle down the diameter of the 5/16" rod to rethread it for the 1/4" female threads on the heim? It would appear easier to reduce the ends of the rod to 1/4" diameter before rethreading?

Don shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

My son and I just completed replacing my Gennie Shifter with a Lokar shifter. To clarify IC2's comment about shifing with his knee that does seem to be possible by accident but only among the forward gears, Reverse and Park are locked out from the forward gears by a sturdy ratchet. The Lokar unit is generally beefier than the Gennie in every part. I have installed the 1/4" threaded rod for now after noting that the Gennie rod was even weaker and appeared to be made from welding rod stock. The good news is that I did not have to change my Gennie e-brake because the mounting holes on the Gennie unit match those of the Lokar brackets! The only difference is that the two mounting bolts in the Gennie are M10 1.5 pitch and threaded into the side bracket. The Lokar unit just has non-threaded holes and uses 3/8"-24 SAE mounting bolts with Nylok nuts. The original contact phone number for the Gennie folks no longer works and it would appear that the Gennie shifter is no longer available. For those who want to update a Gennie it may be worth knowing that the Gennie e-brake will mount on the Lokar unit.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder