The band material is not Kevlar. But I am not sure other than that.

I can certainly back the kick-down linkage some. I was hoping to keep it where it is, because the low speed shifts are good and the WOT shift is right where I need it.

I may try that tomorrow and see if there is a sweet spot between where the low speed shift point is now and where it ends up if I can get the manual shift point to co-operate.