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Old 08-28-2009, 05:21 PM   #6 (permalink)
Modshack
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Originally Posted by theDreamer View Post
I have gone through four shift knobs, on my 5th now.
I had the stock one, it rattled, had two cheap shift knobs (they rattled), had a greddy shift knob (never drove fast enough to test), now I have a TWM shift knob and it rattles.

I went through this on my Vette with an aftermarket shifter...It's not the knob. The problem is that the driveline vibrates. The Z is not a lot different from the Vette in this regard. A stock shifter has enough slop and damping rubber built into it to mask the transmitted vibration and noise, making it generally acceptable. When you tighten the tolerances in the shifter and remove the OEM damping built into the shaft and various bearing pivots, you get vibration in the shifter and mechanism. This translates into a rattle in the shifter assembly. Not much you can do....
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