Gear selector issue

[Panda]

Hey! I have experienced some weird problem with gear selector during track days. It happens due to the vibrations especially in left turns with significant roll of the car, when I hit curbs. I do prefer to drive in manual mode, but in those situations the selector gets back to the auto mode. The car is completely stock. I was wondering, if anyone has experienced such an issue and maybe there is a fix for that. Attaching the link to my onboard, where this has happened twice during one lap (the second time I did not even notice).
-time codes: 0:15 1:02
-onboard:

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[XtremeMaC]

Solution: Don't take the corner as fast ?

Wedging something in there sounds straightforward, but how do you keep it from flying away..
May have to fashion something out of 3d printer for best solution.

 

[Davidpingu]

Watching some Jackie Ding videos on YouTube he has/had the exact same issue. Drop him a message if anyone knows what his username is on here. I forget

 

[Mason]

Sounds like a rubber and tape can fix this issue

 

[digicidal]

I think Jackie Ding (@JackieD86) made a latch or hook or something like that on the side tunnel and used an elastic band to hold it over in the manual setting IIRC. I remember one video where he was fighting with it the whole time and then another where he was trying different bands. He would probably know which video but I think it was at TA event at COTA maybe in summer 2020?

Guess I was wrong... found the video I was thinking of and he's got the problem in it... maybe fix is in next video (or later in this one since I didn't watch the whole thing again). He mentions it at 5:58 in that video, but I remember him showing the fix before a race so it was after COTA I think.

 

[Panda]

Thanks for the info everyone

 

[digicidal]

I'd think one of those adhesive rubber bumpers for pictures, components, etc. would work well. After a couple sessions of placing and removing it the adhesive would probably be gone but you can just switch to a new one if you got a whole pack of them.

 

[XtremeMaC]

Looking at it more I think you'd need a crowfoot wrench type design to wedge in between the trim and lever.

for sure add felt or rubber. you need some buffer/tolerance to be able to wedge it in and out.
Don't have cad software installed at the moment, but it'd take tops an hour to measure & design this and then 3d print, if I had one.

 

[LunexDanny]

Did anyone figure out a way to properly keep it in manual mode? I am experiencing this quite a bit as well.

 

[Rensuhlo]

Did anyone figure out a way to properly keep it in manual mode? I am experiencing this quite a bit as well.

@Carl - Driveway Labs made an insert but nothing came of anything else.

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