twisty shift knob! argh

Post by **EnzoRWD** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

i have the stock s13 knob on a pilot shortthrow, and it twists like mad. i dont know if the knob twists, or the whole unit. has anyone else experienced this? it doesnt really bother me, but it doesnt seem right.-Enzo

Post by **EnzoRWD** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

YouTube · Post by **EZcheese15** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

What do you mean it twists? The knob spins?

Post by **Jaegermeister2k** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

Yeah i had an aftermarket shift knob and the plastic thing i used to screw it on the shifter got loose and lost it's thread,so the shiftknov spins all the time.I just put my stock shiftknob back in,it's better anyway.

Post by **MainEvent212** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

the stock shift knob is awesome, i like it better than any other i've used before...lol weird how that is huh?

Post by **driftaholic** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

my stock knob was shedding...used to get sticky black crap all over my hand....gross

Post by **Jaegermeister2k** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

Yeah stock one is the best i've ever used.It's not hard like some of the aftermarket plastic ones,and it seems to last forever,since mine still looks just like new.

Post by **MainEvent212** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

yeah mine looks brand new (just a lil faded...nothin some of that interior polish stuff cant fix)

Post by **SilviaLuvr** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

how the fcuk do you take teh damn shift knob off to begin wit! I spent an hour on trying to take it off and the only thing that i got for a result was broken plastic and rubber all over the place and the tip of the orginal shift know still intake. HOW THE F^C K DO YOU TAKE THAT PIECE OF S H IT OFF!!!

Post by **'91 240sx** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

i wrapped a towel around the stock one and twisted up the end, then grabbed the twisted end with some pliers and twisted the hell out of it. i think i broke my wrist in the process but i got the damn thing off:D

Post by **SilviaLuvr** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

i tried an d like i said broken plastic and rubber all over the ***damn place. the towel ish didn't work first i twisted left an dit went and then i just stopped. i was like WTF!? so i tried the other way and then i was like no this can't be right, but to my surprise it went!...and then like five seconds later it stopped again. so i went back left and the GODDAMN MOTHER****ING PEICE OF **** ISN'T MOVING FOR ****!! im sorry for all the yelling and cursing but you can understand my frustration :aug2

Post by **'91 240sx** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

well when i did it, i turned left and it like stopped, but then i kept trying and eventually it went and i got the damn thing off, it took a hell of a long time though, and it was real damn frustrating

Post by **SilviaLuvr** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

WDF! aright IDK how im goign to do this now considering theres nothing left to grip onto (the only thing left is the metal) and i don't want ot take it to a shop. wlep here goes another bottle of motrin!

Post by **MainEvent212** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

twist like all hell and make sure you're going the right direction

trust me, your forearm bones will feel a little warped when you're done...it gets easier after u do it one or 2 times

Post by **SilviaLuvr** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

I did it like eight tims!

Post by **Holisticbeatz** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

Easy solution. Buy a Cusco, OBX, B&M or Nismo short shifter. Then buy a new shift knob from Auto Dynamic. Yes people, it's that easy!

Post by **'91 240sx** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

KEEP TWISTING!!!!!...

Post by **574-240sx** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

i use a shift knob off a 200sx because i couldn't find another 240sx shift knob from the junkyard. Nick

YouTube · Post by **EZcheese15** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

Get a shift knob from the Anniversary edition Maxima. They are sweet. Stock looking, but alluminum center plate instead of all leather. The rest is leather wrapped though, so it looks OEM (cuz it is, just from a different car). It was the coolest non-performance mod I've ever done. Actually, I think that's the only non-performance mod I've ever done.

Post by **SilviaLuvr** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

WOOOOOHOOOOOOO!! THATS RIGHT :spit F* VIRGIN TIGHT SHIFT KNOB. F* U damn nissan! Dats right i finally did it goddamn it! And i didn't use a wrenh nor towel. I used a freak'n vice thats right a vice! :spit on that damn shift knob. YES! i didn't spend $65 an ichbahn shift knob leather wit red trim for nothing. an d im not even that tired after useing the vice! I did loss that valuable time to do my affirmative action paper, but oh well. WOOOHOO the first task is over now to find a shift boot and pay off this credit card!

Post by **EnzoRWD** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

yeah, i already got the knob on, the stock knob, but it twists. ie, i can turn it around and around and nothing, doesnt get tighter or anything. what causes this?

Post by **Yorb** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

lol this thread is hilarious ;Dmy thoughts on the issue: my stock shift knob was coming off in little black bits all over my hands as well, same as my steering wheel. so i bought a cheap wheel cover from Elegant USA and that solved that... as for the knob, i unscrewed it (didnt seem that hard, and i'm a weakling...they must have soaked SilvaLuvr's in epoxy or something), then i scraped and cut the black cover off. took a little while, but underneath is a pristine black shift knob complete with gear position diagram indented on the top!however, my knob does twist itself occasionally now. probably nothing a little glue or thread tape couldnt fix, but i'm lazy.

Post by **'91 240sx** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

EnzoRWD wrote:yeah, i already got the knob on, the stock knob, but it twists. ie, i can turn it around and around and nothing, doesnt get tighter or anything. what causes this?

im not too sure but it might be that the threads on the knob and the short throw dont line up exactly....im not too sure though so dont try to kill me if im wrong...

YouTube · Post by **EZcheese15** » Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:53 am

To get the one off of my B14 SE-R....

I had to remove the entire shifter, wrapped the knob in a towel, drove over the knob with a car, and parked the tire right on top of the knob. Then I took a bar and put it through the bolt hole on the bottom of the shifter, and used about 5 feet of leverage to turn it, and it finally cracked loose. I would recommend that for 240SX knobs as well, if you can't get them off, however...since the 240SX is RWD, it does not have the same bolt hole at the bottom of the shifter.

And on my car, it *was* epoxied in there. You could see where I broke all the glue on the threads, taking it out. But, the knob survived, and I continued to use it on my C's shifter

On my B15 SE-R....the knob came loose after a week of driving. I had to tighten it down a few more twists

twisty shift knob! argh

twisty shift knob! argh

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