| gummy | 01-24-2006 09:34 PM |
threaded vs screw knobs
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many people say that the knobs that come with a set of screws are a lot more of a pain than the threaded knobs made for subarus, i'm just wondering how hard it is to install the knob that comes with the set of screws.
| VpointVick | 01-24-2006 09:36 PM |
:huh:2345
| eltrouble | 01-24-2006 09:40 PM |
Not hard whatsoever, but it screws up the threads on the shifter pretty good. Ask me how I know...
From personal experience I think the knobs that directly thread onto the stock threads feel much more precise than the ones that were installed with set screws...too much play with the cheasy lil pieces of plastic.
From personal experience I think the knobs that directly thread onto the stock threads feel much more precise than the ones that were installed with set screws...too much play with the cheasy lil pieces of plastic.
| gummy | 01-24-2006 09:42 PM |
so it's not even a bad? someone told me to wait and get a threaded knob
| Neogema | 01-24-2006 09:45 PM |
You should wait and get a threaded one. A threaded one wont screw up the threads but the screw in ones do sometimes.
| Jonnyfilmboy | 01-24-2006 09:55 PM |
My mind is in the gutter. I totally thought this thread was about something else.
| Akina | 01-24-2006 09:58 PM |
[QUOTE=Jonnyfilmboy]My mind is in the gutter. I totally thought this thread was about something else.[/QUOTE]
I thought it was a thread about screwed newbs. Obviously, I was mistaken. :huh:
I thought it was a thread about screwed newbs. Obviously, I was mistaken. :huh:
| VpointVick | 01-25-2006 06:26 AM |
Shifter knobs.....
Why the hell couldn't I figure that out from the OP? :rolleyes:
Why the hell couldn't I figure that out from the OP? :rolleyes:
| fireball_jones | 01-25-2006 09:10 AM |
I'd say screw in ones feel more connected, but the screws can loosen if you don't locktite them, they mess up the threads on the shifter, and they don't attach to the stock boot. Not really worth it IMO, unless there is one shift knob you really, really want that doesn't come in a Subaru fitment.
| Handsdown | 01-25-2006 09:31 AM |
yeah, get a subaru threaded knob unless you absolutely can't.
ask the supplier if there are any knobs you want threaded for 12mm x 1.25 fitment.
ask the supplier if there are any knobs you want threaded for 12mm x 1.25 fitment.
| Bl�bil | 01-25-2006 11:30 AM |
Get the threaded knob. I got a screw knob a while back that kept on comming loose after driving, I ended up modifying it to become a threaded knob and it's 100x more solid and doesn't loosen. However, if I had to do it again I would buy a threaded knob from the beginning.
| chankiu | 01-25-2006 11:37 AM |
I think all Momo knobs are the screw types.
they are a little pain in the ass to put on.. but not too hard.
one of my first mods.
I belieave there is actualyl an Addaptor for momo's that allows you to use the threading.
not sure.. but I remember a group buy for them somewhere at sometype.
and they were like $20 each.. which IMO was kinda expensive.
my Momo has no play whatsoever.
as for damage for the threads.... ya.. i am pretty sure there is.
but I havn't looked... i will come to that when I get there :p
they are a little pain in the ass to put on.. but not too hard.
one of my first mods.
I belieave there is actualyl an Addaptor for momo's that allows you to use the threading.
not sure.. but I remember a group buy for them somewhere at sometype.
and they were like $20 each.. which IMO was kinda expensive.
my Momo has no play whatsoever.
as for damage for the threads.... ya.. i am pretty sure there is.
but I havn't looked... i will come to that when I get there :p
| gummy | 01-25-2006 02:07 PM |
haha okay, great advice guys. thanks :)
| Hank3 | 01-25-2006 02:40 PM |
If you're set on getting a momo knob using screws, perhaps you should read up on this recent thread ;)
[url]http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=918077[/url]
[url]http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=918077[/url]
| SilverSubaab | 01-25-2006 03:55 PM |
[QUOTE=eltrouble]Not hard whatsoever, but it screws up the threads on the shifter pretty good. Ask me how I know...
From personal experience I think the knobs that directly thread onto the stock threads feel much more precise than the ones that were installed with set screws...too much play with the cheasy lil pieces of plastic.[/QUOTE]
+1 I put a momo on my 06 after getting it and then put the stock one back on as it just felt more connected(and it was not just the extra weight of the 06 knobs). I then went with the STi "piston" knob and it is the best knob I have ever used in any car.
From personal experience I think the knobs that directly thread onto the stock threads feel much more precise than the ones that were installed with set screws...too much play with the cheasy lil pieces of plastic.[/QUOTE]
+1 I put a momo on my 06 after getting it and then put the stock one back on as it just felt more connected(and it was not just the extra weight of the 06 knobs). I then went with the STi "piston" knob and it is the best knob I have ever used in any car.
| SilverSubaab | 01-25-2006 03:58 PM |
It was hard to write "knob" that many times in a short post and not crack a smile :D . I'm so mature...
| [email�protected] | 01-25-2006 04:59 PM |
you can always get a Kartboy Knuckleball Shift knobber :p
no cheazzzy setscrews.
tom
no cheazzzy setscrews.
tom
| Damon | 01-25-2006 05:02 PM |
yup... i <3 my kartboy knob.
| eltrouble | 01-25-2006 05:44 PM |
[QUOTE=SilverSubaab]+1 I put a momo on my 06 after getting it and then put the stock one back on as it just felt more connected(and it was not just the extra weight of the 06 knobs). I then went with the STi "piston" knob and it is the best knob I have ever used in any car.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I also went with the Momo leather shift knob, hated it, love my Kartboy one. Although the problem is that after awhile the Kartboy knob tends to get loose, just when I put on the sticker when I thought it was fairly tight, a few months later it becamse loose again. So now the Kartboy sticker isn't really centered, but it's off at an angle...not pretty looking. :(
And I would pop the sticker off and get a new one from Tom, but my friend really wanted to help me install the short shifter + knob (he was really bored that day), and the idiot used threadlocker on the knob threads. :huh: :eek:
So now the knob is seemingly permanently stuck on my stock shifter, so I'm screwed.
Anyways, moral of the story: stay away from knobs installed using set screws, stick with the ones that thread directly onto the shifter. As far as looks go, I'm a fan of the Prodrive and Kartboy knobs.
Yeah, I also went with the Momo leather shift knob, hated it, love my Kartboy one. Although the problem is that after awhile the Kartboy knob tends to get loose, just when I put on the sticker when I thought it was fairly tight, a few months later it becamse loose again. So now the Kartboy sticker isn't really centered, but it's off at an angle...not pretty looking. :(
And I would pop the sticker off and get a new one from Tom, but my friend really wanted to help me install the short shifter + knob (he was really bored that day), and the idiot used threadlocker on the knob threads. :huh: :eek:
So now the knob is seemingly permanently stuck on my stock shifter, so I'm screwed.
Anyways, moral of the story: stay away from knobs installed using set screws, stick with the ones that thread directly onto the shifter. As far as looks go, I'm a fan of the Prodrive and Kartboy knobs.
| Tada | 01-25-2006 06:00 PM |
I have a greddy counterweight. Really really heavy and only costed me 30 bucks. it's threaded and you just put a drop of loctite at the top before you put it on.
| eltrouble | 01-25-2006 10:25 PM |
[QUOTE=Tada]I have a greddy counterweight. Really really heavy and only costed me 30 bucks. it's threaded and you just put a drop of loctite at the top before you put it on.[/QUOTE]
Is there any point to having it be really really heavy?
Is there any point to having it be really really heavy?
| doubleurx | 01-25-2006 10:56 PM |
[[email�protected]]you can always get a Kartboy Knuckleball Shift knobber :p
no cheazzzy setscrews.
tom[/QUOTE]
My kartboy knob rocks!
see post 146
[url]http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=765760&page=6&pp=25[/url]
no cheazzzy setscrews.
tom[/QUOTE]
My kartboy knob rocks!
see post 146
[url]http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=765760&page=6&pp=25[/url]
| Hank3 | 01-25-2006 11:09 PM |
[QUOTE=eltrouble]Is there any point to having it be really really heavy?[/QUOTE]
Knobs that are noticeably heavier do a good job of dampening the notchiness of the shifter and shift a bit smoother due to the weight. Kinda hard to explain unless you try it for yourself :)
Knobs that are noticeably heavier do a good job of dampening the notchiness of the shifter and shift a bit smoother due to the weight. Kinda hard to explain unless you try it for yourself :)
| eltrouble | 01-26-2006 12:16 AM |
[QUOTE=Hank3]Knobs that are noticeably heavier do a good job of dampening the notchiness of the shifter and shift a bit smoother due to the weight. Kinda hard to explain unless you try it for yourself :)[/QUOTE]
Well for now I'll take your word for it...seeing as how nothing short of a very powerful saw is going to get my Kartboy knob out of there. :(
I was going to test out the feel of a Prodrive and Greddy knob to see which one would suit me best, the Kartboy sometimes just feels a bit too small for my hands, and my hands aren't exceptionally large either.
Well for now I'll take your word for it...seeing as how nothing short of a very powerful saw is going to get my Kartboy knob out of there. :(
I was going to test out the feel of a Prodrive and Greddy knob to see which one would suit me best, the Kartboy sometimes just feels a bit too small for my hands, and my hands aren't exceptionally large either.
| Handsdown | 01-26-2006 12:48 AM |
my hands are medium and i love my kartboy. i think it's all about personal preference.
| eltrouble | 01-26-2006 03:59 PM |
[QUOTE=Handsdown]my hands are medium and i love my kartboy. i think it's all about personal preference.[/QUOTE]
Oh the kartboy is fantastic, but I think I should've tried the Greddy and Prodrive just to make sure it's the perfect one for me.
But for damn sure it's better than any knob that is installed with 3 plastic screws that succeed brilliantly at destroying the stock shifter threads.
Oh the kartboy is fantastic, but I think I should've tried the Greddy and Prodrive just to make sure it's the perfect one for me.
But for damn sure it's better than any knob that is installed with 3 plastic screws that succeed brilliantly at destroying the stock shifter threads.
| stoooo | 03-11-2006 02:05 PM |
I am trying to install my Kartboy shift knob, and it doesn't seem to want to go on more than a half turn. I'm thinking it should go on further than that. Am I right ?
Stuart.
Stuart.
| Paintballguy | 03-11-2006 02:27 PM |
I have the momo subaru shift knob that screws on. I suggest getting one that is threaded, less hassle and it wont come off.
| doubleurx | 03-11-2006 04:40 PM |
[QUOTE=stoooo]I am trying to install my Kartboy shift knob, and it doesn't seem to want to go on more than a half turn. I'm thinking it should go on further than that. Am I right ?
Stuart.[/QUOTE]
It should screw all the way on, not just a couple turns. It sounds like something is stripped.
Stuart.[/QUOTE]
It should screw all the way on, not just a couple turns. It sounds like something is stripped.
| gando327 | 03-11-2006 05:39 PM |
kartboy knob = awesome
just got mine
just got mine
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