password:jdm balanced shift knob
 

ok, so who has one of these installed? i know quite a few of you do! am i retarded or something, because the collar will NOT screw into the knob. im waiting on a pm from thirdgearperformance but i figured id post up, maybe someone else someday will have the same issue. the threads screw in maybe once or twice then stop. i've tried everything aside from vice grips to screw this darn thing in and it wont budge! none of the threads look stripped or otherwise unusual on the collar nor the inside of the knob...am i missing something here?

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I had no problem with mine. Did you try any grease or other lubricant? Can you get a picture of the threads inside the knob?

that doesnt look like the same one as mine... the colar at least

yea i just looked at mine my collar is not that big... i believe you have the wrong collar

oh snap!! its a completely different collar. thanks ccastro!

get the right collar and you'll have no problems. enjoy, i really like the pw:jdm shift knob :tup:

I wish they'd make one for 7AT's :mad:

Yeah that the wrong collar and i do apologize for this. Password Sent us the wrong stuff. :facepalm: PM me your # and i'll get a new one out to you.

Glad you got it worked out..... on a side note, as I have painfully learned over my 30 years of life; never ask another group of relative strangers whether or not you are retarded! Typically they'll take that opportunity to boost their own self esteem... bastards.

Gotta say I'm pretty proud of the forum members for letting that one slide.

After you install it....check to see if it rattles. When I hit past 5000 RPM's...there is a rattling sound coming from the shift knob that I cant seem to locate nor get rid of.

Thanks.

Have you tried using some thread sealer on it to see if its those two pieces?

If its not, maybe the knob is larger than the shift rod? I'd say try and get some plumbers tape and wrap it a few times to close that gap... Maybe that would help?

:icon18: i could care less if i get flamed. im here because i like to drive, and love to drive the Z.

sent you a PM with my number thirdgearperf.

The rattle seems to be under the shift knob, at least on mine. One of these days I'll pull the knob off and put some kind of soft washer under the boot to stop it. I think the stock knob sat a little lower, and pressed down on the washer under the openning of the boot.

If people are experiencing a rattling at the upper RPM range...I think that its in the shifters design. The area right before the threaded area...is a little too narrow and lightly touches the shifter at high RPM's...I think. Not the attachment piece...the main shift knob has a small "dead" area before the threads. I think that it is somewhere in here......just cant locate it.

I have used electrical tape at the bottom....taped the threads to mitigate metal to metal contact...and it still vibrates. Took off the shift knob and floored it and I didnt hear the vibrations. So it must be in the shifter. I just cant seem to isolate it.

Hopefully someone can locate this rattling if it is indeed my shift knob.

I wouldn't know what the issue was because i personally don't drive a Z, but if you guys find out what the problem is then i can get it fixed from Password.

When I hear the rattle, I push down on the top of the shift boot and the rattle goes away. I think if the knob could tighten down another eight of an inch or so the rattle would disappear.

I think that the fix might be to open up the inner diameter of the knob area. If you turn it upsidedown...there are 2 step down "holes". One is to clear the shift post and the other step down area is where the threading starts to screw it on. Its the first "hole" that clears the shift post that might need to be opened up like maybe 2mm or so. I think that the vibration from the transmission is causing the shifter linkage and post to oscillate and just touch the inner portion of the knob causing the metallic vibrations at high RPM's.

I bought the delrin version as well to test this theory out. It should arrive to me next Monday or Tuesday. Will change out the shift knob and post results.

If it is the knob itself...then using the delrin one should eliminate the vibrations since it is technically a polymer...aka...plastic.

Phelan I could see you with a Zele shift nob! They super cheap too! :p

Oooh! A reason to use my drill press :ughdance:

LOL...check first though. This is only what I think it is....if you can experiment and come up with the source location and its the same...then go for it. I have tried to dremel it...but the "bit" doesnt grind cleanly. Actually....I suck in regards to the usage....:tup:

My stock setup rattles from time to time, very annoying. I can duplicate it by wiggling the shifter back and forth.........it sounds like a plastic or nylon bushing tapping metal.