Gear Knob

Deens · Post by **Deens** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:25 pm

Guys, Is there a trick in removing the gear knob on the S13? I tried to twist it off using some good force but it won't budge. The whole lever is starting to twist...I stopped just in case I happen to break something. Anyone??

Charl · Post by **Charl** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:41 am

lol. whatch every one go see if their's twists off.
it should twist off, I know mine does. I play with it in trafic.

try tightening it then loosening it again. should break the seal its created...

and widowmaker. don't go make a coment about my knob ok!

Toby · Post by **Toby** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:52 am

Charl wrote:I know mine does. I play with it in trafic.

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veecee · Post by **veecee** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:56 am

you okes are hilarious

stupidshirt · Post by **stupidshirt** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:37 am

youre not supposed to remove that part - you need it for drifting

ChemCool · Post by **ChemCool** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:26 am

Deens, I had to cut/saw it off

serioussss. Or rather say I had to rape it off.

ChemCool · Post by **ChemCool** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:28 am

it is now close to a short shifter

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:54 pm

Is a short shifter actually shorter or does it just reduce the throw but stay the same height??

ChemCool · Post by **ChemCool** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:00 pm

Gary I was only joking about short shifter, because I dont know the answer. Good question and may be some one else will lighten up the answer.

widowmaker · Post by **widowmaker** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:07 pm

short shifter - the actual length that you can see is the same, but - what you can't see is the ball and piepietjie that does the actual shifting. The longer the piepietjie, the shorter the top part (where your hand attaches) has to move to get the piepietjie to change the gears beneath. Great mod to have... on my shopping list

i cant describe things on a friday afternoon

Toby · Post by **Toby** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:11 pm

widowmaker wrote:The longer the piepietjie, the shorter the top part (where your hand attaches)

Gawd.... I'll keep my long piepietjie, thank you very much

Deens · Post by **Deens** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:38 pm

With the short shifter the position of the pivot point is raised thus giving you less leverage at the top to make the same travel below the pivot point. In the old Escort 1600 Sport & RS2000 they added a distance piece to achieve this, which gave a very nice feel when changing gears. Windows is quite right, but explained differently.

Deens · Post by **Deens** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:10 am

Yes, it does twist off. I battled but eventually removed it.