T5 Gear Knob Thread Size?
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Hi Malcolm,
The thread you need is... 1/2" UNF (20 TPI)
If you seek a high quality beautifully custom made gear knob turned to your exact specification in a material of your choice then Chris of WC Lathe Werks is your man.
http://lathewerks.com/shop/index.php
MY CHOSEN SPEC
I know where the gears are in my T5 box and how to find them, I concluded I don't need a diagram on the top of the gear knob to remind me. If I loan the car to someone I'll just tell them where the gears are, and if they still need a diagram to help them they really shouldn't be driving my TVR.
Basically I took Chris' existing brushed 303 stainless gear knob designed for the Subaru WRX and had him make it with a 1/2" UNF (20 TPI) thread so it screwed straight on my TVR T5 gear stick.
http://lathewerks.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=...
To say I'm delighted with the end result would be a massive understatement, it really is a first class piece of lathe work by a very talented machinist.
WC Lathe Werks receives the ChimpOnGas "Highly Recommended" seal of approval, this gear knob is presented to you as another tempting trinket to spend your hard earned cash on you don't really need, an unnecessary jewel however that you now feel is something you just can't live without
The thread you need is... 1/2" UNF (20 TPI)
If you seek a high quality beautifully custom made gear knob turned to your exact specification in a material of your choice then Chris of WC Lathe Werks is your man.
http://lathewerks.com/shop/index.php
MY CHOSEN SPEC
- Turned from solid 303 Stainless Steel
- 303 Stainless Steel will not scratch and mark like soft aluminium original
- Larger 2.0" diameter - feels better in the hand than the smaller TVR original
- 530 grams weight for better throw momentum during gear changes
- Actually three times the weight of the aluminium original
- Brushed finish matches other TVR brushed metal interior components
- Internal threading provides a quick screw-on installation
- Proper boot lip to hold up the gear stick gaiter - missing on the original
- Full height adjustment by hidden internal allen grub screw
- Knob is deep drilled to sit lower than TVR original if required
- 1" collar to allow your fingers to wrap around the sphere - no gaiter interference
I know where the gears are in my T5 box and how to find them, I concluded I don't need a diagram on the top of the gear knob to remind me. If I loan the car to someone I'll just tell them where the gears are, and if they still need a diagram to help them they really shouldn't be driving my TVR.
Basically I took Chris' existing brushed 303 stainless gear knob designed for the Subaru WRX and had him make it with a 1/2" UNF (20 TPI) thread so it screwed straight on my TVR T5 gear stick.
http://lathewerks.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=...
To say I'm delighted with the end result would be a massive understatement, it really is a first class piece of lathe work by a very talented machinist.
WC Lathe Werks receives the ChimpOnGas "Highly Recommended" seal of approval, this gear knob is presented to you as another tempting trinket to spend your hard earned cash on you don't really need, an unnecessary jewel however that you now feel is something you just can't live without
Thanks Dave
I suspected it would be you that had the info to hand following your recent post on the subject. Although on this occasion you don’t have to take all of the blame. I had something similar on a Brera a few years ago and was very impressed with the heft it bestowed on the change. So when the Core Shifter arrived, I new instinctively it was going to need some momentum.
However, I thought that on this one you were being uncharacteristically reticent - Seem to remember someone else asking where you got it and them being pointed at Knobby the Knob Maker from Knobsville… You’re such a tease.
So, I’d already tracked down my own from TWM Performance in Canada and when I got the first part of your reply last night with the thread size and my credit card singeing my fingers, I ordered it straightaway.
Should have realised you wouldn’t be able to keep it to yourself for long.
However, the one I’ve ordered is surprisingly similar but weighs a tad less at 485 grams. I know - call me a lightweight. But in most other respects it’s much the same - but without the cache of artisan— just plain old CNC, though that’s not reflected in the price at $169:00 shipped.
• Precision machined spherical finish
• Adjustable height
• Brushed stainless
• 2” (51mm) in diameter
• 2 3/8” (60mm) in height
• Approximately 485 grams (1.07 pounds)
It also has something which sounds similar in terms of height adjustment. It’s internally bored right to the top to take an alloy sleeve, threaded inside and out which acts as the adapter between lever and knob. This is first wound down tight on to the lever and then there’s an another short threaded alloy plug which can be wound up and down inside the knob with an Allen key to act as a height adjusting stop.
Can’t say I’m not seriously miffed with yours being all of 45 grams heavier that’s nearly 2ozs in pounds, shillings and pence, must be the aluminium bush - need to lay my hands on some depleted uranium.
I suspected it would be you that had the info to hand following your recent post on the subject. Although on this occasion you don’t have to take all of the blame. I had something similar on a Brera a few years ago and was very impressed with the heft it bestowed on the change. So when the Core Shifter arrived, I new instinctively it was going to need some momentum.
However, I thought that on this one you were being uncharacteristically reticent - Seem to remember someone else asking where you got it and them being pointed at Knobby the Knob Maker from Knobsville… You’re such a tease.
So, I’d already tracked down my own from TWM Performance in Canada and when I got the first part of your reply last night with the thread size and my credit card singeing my fingers, I ordered it straightaway.
Should have realised you wouldn’t be able to keep it to yourself for long.
However, the one I’ve ordered is surprisingly similar but weighs a tad less at 485 grams. I know - call me a lightweight. But in most other respects it’s much the same - but without the cache of artisan— just plain old CNC, though that’s not reflected in the price at $169:00 shipped.
• Precision machined spherical finish
• Adjustable height
• Brushed stainless
• 2” (51mm) in diameter
• 2 3/8” (60mm) in height
• Approximately 485 grams (1.07 pounds)
It also has something which sounds similar in terms of height adjustment. It’s internally bored right to the top to take an alloy sleeve, threaded inside and out which acts as the adapter between lever and knob. This is first wound down tight on to the lever and then there’s an another short threaded alloy plug which can be wound up and down inside the knob with an Allen key to act as a height adjusting stop.
Can’t say I’m not seriously miffed with yours being all of 45 grams heavier that’s nearly 2ozs in pounds, shillings and pence, must be the aluminium bush - need to lay my hands on some depleted uranium.
Brerabit said:
Thanks Dave
I suspected it would be you that had the info to hand following your recent post on the subject. Although on this occasion you don’t have to take all of the blame. I had something similar on a Brera a few years ago and was very impressed with the heft it bestowed on the change. So when the Core Shifter arrived, I new instinctively it was going to need some momentum.
However, I thought that on this one you were being uncharacteristically reticent - Seem to remember someone else asking where you got it and them being pointed at Knobby the Knob Maker from Knobsville… You’re such a tease.
So, I’d already tracked down my own from TWM Performance in Canada and when I got the first part of your reply last night with the thread size and my credit card singeing my fingers, I ordered it straightaway.
Should have realised you wouldn’t be able to keep it to yourself for long.
However, the one I’ve ordered is surprisingly similar but weighs a tad less at 485 grams. I know - call me a lightweight. But in most other respects it’s much the same - but without the cache of artisan— just plain old CNC, though that’s not reflected in the price at $169:00 shipped.
• Precision machined spherical finish
• Adjustable height
• Brushed stainless
• 2” (51mm) in diameter
• 2 3/8” (60mm) in height
• Approximately 485 grams (1.07 pounds)
It also has something which sounds similar in terms of height adjustment. It’s internally bored right to the top to take an alloy sleeve, threaded inside and out which acts as the adapter between lever and knob. This is first wound down tight on to the lever and then there’s an another short threaded alloy plug which can be wound up and down inside the knob with an Allen key to act as a height adjusting stop.
Can’t say I’m not seriously miffed with yours being all of 45 grams heavier that’s nearly 2ozs in pounds, shillings and pence, must be the aluminium bush - need to lay my hands on some depleted uranium.
Excellent Malcolm I suspected it would be you that had the info to hand following your recent post on the subject. Although on this occasion you don’t have to take all of the blame. I had something similar on a Brera a few years ago and was very impressed with the heft it bestowed on the change. So when the Core Shifter arrived, I new instinctively it was going to need some momentum.
However, I thought that on this one you were being uncharacteristically reticent - Seem to remember someone else asking where you got it and them being pointed at Knobby the Knob Maker from Knobsville… You’re such a tease.
So, I’d already tracked down my own from TWM Performance in Canada and when I got the first part of your reply last night with the thread size and my credit card singeing my fingers, I ordered it straightaway.
Should have realised you wouldn’t be able to keep it to yourself for long.
However, the one I’ve ordered is surprisingly similar but weighs a tad less at 485 grams. I know - call me a lightweight. But in most other respects it’s much the same - but without the cache of artisan— just plain old CNC, though that’s not reflected in the price at $169:00 shipped.
• Precision machined spherical finish
• Adjustable height
• Brushed stainless
• 2” (51mm) in diameter
• 2 3/8” (60mm) in height
• Approximately 485 grams (1.07 pounds)
It also has something which sounds similar in terms of height adjustment. It’s internally bored right to the top to take an alloy sleeve, threaded inside and out which acts as the adapter between lever and knob. This is first wound down tight on to the lever and then there’s an another short threaded alloy plug which can be wound up and down inside the knob with an Allen key to act as a height adjusting stop.
Can’t say I’m not seriously miffed with yours being all of 45 grams heavier that’s nearly 2ozs in pounds, shillings and pence, must be the aluminium bush - need to lay my hands on some depleted uranium.
I want to meet you, you are both very funny and afflicted with the same disease as me.
Lets get together to compare knobs
What! - You’ve actually seen Dave’s knob! - I’ve only seen grainy pictures on the internet…
As for getting together to compare - Good idea - but not just yet…
It’s not that I’m shy or playing hard to get - it’s just that she’ll be off the road for a few weeks yet.
I’m way behind schedule with the work I’ve got planned for her. Dan and Nathan hit a snag or two and took a little longer than planned the last time it was down there and I missed my slot with the trimmers.
Anyway, I should get her back and on the ramp in about three weeks and then I’ve got a load of work to do before she goes back to Warminster for the S10 transplant and lightened flywheel. All of which is dependent on some nifty logistics between Lloyds, John Reid and Jim Eales.
This is all to get her as fit as I can for the Le Mans Classic and then a big trip down the Atlantic coast into the Pyrenees and then on to the glorious if not orgasmic N276 before I come back up the Med coast, drop in to see the wife in the Langedoc for a few days and then head home with a huge grin on my face after three weeks of unadulterated, totally indulgent and blissful TVRing.
Malcolm
As for getting together to compare - Good idea - but not just yet…
It’s not that I’m shy or playing hard to get - it’s just that she’ll be off the road for a few weeks yet.
I’m way behind schedule with the work I’ve got planned for her. Dan and Nathan hit a snag or two and took a little longer than planned the last time it was down there and I missed my slot with the trimmers.
Anyway, I should get her back and on the ramp in about three weeks and then I’ve got a load of work to do before she goes back to Warminster for the S10 transplant and lightened flywheel. All of which is dependent on some nifty logistics between Lloyds, John Reid and Jim Eales.
This is all to get her as fit as I can for the Le Mans Classic and then a big trip down the Atlantic coast into the Pyrenees and then on to the glorious if not orgasmic N276 before I come back up the Med coast, drop in to see the wife in the Langedoc for a few days and then head home with a huge grin on my face after three weeks of unadulterated, totally indulgent and blissful TVRing.
Malcolm
Brerabit said:
This is all to get her as fit as I can for the Le Mans Classic
See you there Malcolm, I'll be staying at the Speed Chills private campsite at Bleu Sud but in a classic Porsche 
Brerabit said:
And then a big trip down the Atlantic coast into the Pyrenees and then on to the glorious if not orgasmic N276 before I come back up the Med coast, drop in to see the wife in the Langedoc for a few days
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