Should I be concerned about Savvy Off Road?

Ordered a transfer case shifter kit from Savvy. No communication from them, no reply to emails or texts. Phone calls not answered, voicemail box full.

Cancel the order and go with Novak or…?

They do not respond to anything, but I have not heard of anyone not getting their stuff, eventually…..
 
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It also doesn't support stupidity. If, and I repeat *if*, the Savvy design is better than Novak's - AND - Novak was offered the improvements and they declined; Savvy is free to sell all they can make as far as I'm concerned. I don't have a dog in this fight, but that's my viewpoint based on what I can "see from here".

Fanboy!! 😜
 
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Dang, went to Amazon to buy another cable shifter, nothing available …

I will say this… regardless of communication, their products work. Not like “rough country” work, but work in a way you can rely on the parts and appreciate their operation. Good stuff.

I’d rather keep savvy in a dark closet with savvy pounding out metal Jeep parts than turn into an internet advertising superstar, I don’t need butt kissing emails or coddling messages to remind me my money is spent and something is coming. I pay, you tell me when to expect product, product arrives, product installs fine and works for long time… THATS ALL I WANT!

I really hope SAVVY is able to produce product for us, long into the future even if it’s in a custom order basis… far too many of our products are drying up and disappearing…

I just ordered a hand made heater core, FOURTEEN WEEKS to make… that’s ok, I purchased on that expectation and expect no communication unless something changes … but you bet your butt I’ll be calling week 15!
 
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The B&M looks like it might be better than the Jager, https://www.holley.com/products/off-road/shifters/parts/81184 Are the Novak fanboys gonna hate on this one too?

If you need an option that allows moving the shift lever or multiple levers JB Custom Fabrication has options https://jb-custom-fabrication.myshopify.com/collections/cable-shifters-cable-shifter-components

Two concerns but I'd need to see one work to know if they are valid. First is the rubber well nuts, not due to them being a well nut but how thick the washer side will be under the carpet on the side of the tran tunnel. The second is the tub side mount looks fairly thin and I wonder if it stabilizes the cable housing well enough.
 
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Did Blaine tell the wrong story?

I can only guess which fuckwit is skewing things again and I'd not likely be wrong. Two things I left out, one of the big things that was wrong with the Novak base plate for the tub side is the angles of the 4 tabs that land against the inside of the tub were not even close.

The second biggest thing is I don't like any part of Savvy having a cable shifter. My design philosophy is and has always been to not put a product out there that exists and does what it should do. There should be no reason for Savvy to sell their own cable shifter. Novak should have been quite happy to supply them forever and I'm not sure why they didn't want to do that.

If anyone is interested, this is who makes the cables for Savvy. I used them for years before any TJ cable shifters were made for the cables I used for stuff.
https://www.controlcables.com/
 
I can only guess which fuckwit is skewing things again and I'd not likely be wrong. Two things I left out, one of the big things that was wrong with the Novak base plate for the tub side is the angles of the 4 tabs that land against the inside of the tub were not even close.

The second biggest thing is I don't like any part of Savvy having a cable shifter. My design philosophy is and has always been to not put a product out there that exists and does what it should do. There should be no reason for Savvy to sell their own cable shifter. Novak should have been quite happy to supply them forever and I'm not sure why they didn't want to do that.

If anyone is interested, this is who makes the cables for Savvy. I used them for years before any TJ cable shifters were made for the cables I used for stuff.
https://www.controlcables.com/

It's getting increasingly difficult to to take him seriously anymore.
 
Two concerns but I'd need to see one work to know if they are valid. First is the rubber well nuts, not due to them being a well nut but how thick the washer side will be under the carpet on the side of the tran tunnel. The second is the tub side mount looks fairly thin and I wonder if it stabilizes the cable housing well enough.

I work with enough push/pull controls at my job to know that any movement other than the cable itself is wasted and will bite you in the ass at some point. That is why I do not understand the Well nuts.
 
I work with enough push/pull controls at my job to know that any movement other than the cable itself is wasted and will bite you in the ass at some point. That is why I do not understand the Well nuts.

On the face, they do work, we don't lose condensers in the grill in the TJ and they are held in with 4 smaller than those versions. The length of the bracket and that leverage in favor should hold it well enough to stop unwarranted movement. I suspect they looked at the isolation grommets on the factory version and tried to mimic that, albeit poorly.
 
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I feel like no one on this website every ordered CDs in the 90s. I can't remember the company BMG or columbia, but it would take months to receive those orders and you never heard anything from them. I think we are so used to amazon level shipping that we have a hard time waiting on anything anymore, myself included.

Yeah but can you get 12 Jeep parts for a penny?
 
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Ordered a Savvy cable shifter a week ago.
I assume it will show up eventually. Hopefully soon. Said it was in stock.

Waiting on it so I can install the Savvy body lift and my 33s.
 
Ordered a Savvy cable shifter a week ago.
I assume it will show up eventually. Hopefully soon. Said it was in stock.

Waiting on it so I can install the Savvy body lift and my 33s.

Mine showed up in a week, I was fairly proactive however.
 
I ordered a Saavy gas tank skid on the 5th it showed up yesterday, but I am local. I went on the site they showed 3 in stock.
 
Correct. Swing by and install mine.

I have an east facing garage and even before or at sunrise, it's already 90deg.

I was planning to use my trans jack to reinstall mine, but my trans is sitting on it currently. Ratchet straps work too if you have something to hang them on. I installed AC in my garage last year so I’m kinda cheating.
 
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