Savvy vs Novak Transfer Case Shifter

Farmboy666

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Thinking about a shift cable set up. It looks like the Novak comes with some rubber threaded grommets that the Savvy doesn't have but the Novak is $30 more if you count shipping. I could add the grommets on my own if I wanted. Also read that the Savvy has no paper work which I don't need but it kind of says something about customer care. Anybody have real world experience with either and an opinion of differences.
 
Savvy's has a couple improvements over Novak's. The improvements were suggested to Novak first but when they didn't incorporate them Savvy came out with its own improved version.
 
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I've used the Novak for a long time. It was a big improvement over the stock TC linkage which would drop into neutral on its own at some of the worst possible times. Don't have experience with the Savvy.
 
I installed the Savvy version this past Summer. It took longer to remove the boogered-up OEM linkage than it took to install the new one. I finally took a Sawzall to the bracket on the back of the TC. It made it a lot easier to remove that hidden bolt.
 
If you do a search on this topic on this forum, you'll see @mrblaine pointed out in another thread that the Savvy design is an improvement of the Novak design, and that the Novak design has several flaws with it.

So given the choice between the two, you'd be stupid not to choose the Savvy shifter. It is undoubtedly the better of the two.

I've had the Savvy and can attest to this.
 
I've done a Savvy 231 and 241 shifter, as well as a Novak shifter. It's been a while since I installed a Novak version, but I remember it being more difficult to install. The Novak version I had required assembly and was not fun figuring it out. The Savvy versions I've done were mostly assembled and very easy to install. As was said, the most difficult part of either was getting the old linkage out.