Fixed my stupid rattling shifter

Paul · Apr 13, 2008

For some reason, the bolts holding my shifter handle on kept coming loose, despite liberal amounts of red loc-tite. This would cause the thing to rattle around when I was driving, and generally annoy the shit out of me.

So after a quick trip to the hardware store, I bought:
(2) M8 x 1.25 x 40mm button head bolts
(2) M8 x 1.25 nylock nuts

...for about three bucks.

Then I went home, took my old shifter bezel out, and installed the new stuff. Again, liberal amounts of red loc-tite were used, and I cranked down the nylock nuts pretty tight too. Oh, and I installed a new and improved shifter boot/bezel that I bought from a guy on the forum. It looks much better now and the rattle is gone.

Before:

During: :rant2:

After: :happydrunks:

That's probably enough car repair for me for today. I'm feeling quite lazy.

Paul.

Goldmember · Apr 13, 2008

Very cool, I keep having the same problem with those bolts backing themselves out.

Paul · Apr 13, 2008

Here's your fix! Three bucks and thirty minutes.

Paul.

destructo · Apr 13, 2008

I had a similar problem with a dumb aftermarket Transformers looking knob someone put on my 02 before I got it.

94Pro-5.0 · Apr 13, 2008

i also had the same problem, but mine was fixed with thread lock. its kinda hard to get the shifter handle off now :crazy2:

realitygt · Apr 13, 2008

how do you get the leather out? i still never got that?! people just say push here and pull here... wtf i don't get that shit. :dunno:

97vertstang · Apr 13, 2008

looks good :thumb:

Mustang68 · Apr 14, 2008

hmm wonder if itd fix my problem too.. mine rattles a bit too.. but only when im "not" holding it... i touch the top and it stops.. let go and it starts again.. been kinda wondering if one of the bolts had come loose or i hadnt tightened one enough when i put the ST in... so definitely could be a possibly for me..

Paul · Apr 14, 2008

What you're describing is exactly what mine did. I got sick of driving around holding on to it all the time.

TxCobrA98 · Apr 14, 2008

lol mine did the same.... but mine must have backed out quick because it all happenend or at least i only noticed it in one day.

i was making about an hour drive and it started ratting really bad.. so im like ok wth? so i keep driving hoping it would stop and it never did. well like 45 minutes into my drive, i go to shift (traffic) and my handle like bends a few degrees, im like ok WTF a bolt had to back out or something... so on my drive on the highway, my friend takes my boot off and one of the nuts had fallen off lol.

so we stopped and got a new nut and thread locker and haven't had problems since.

glad you fixed it though, if one decides to back out on me again, ill look at this thread. i may go check it here in a bit because it feels kinda mushy now that i think about it. might just be playing games in my head now though.

realitygt · Apr 14, 2008

[TxCobrA98 said:
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lol mine did the same.... but mine must have backed out quick because it all happenend or at least i only noticed it in one day.

i was making about an hour drive and it started ratting really bad.. so im like ok wth? so i keep driving hoping it would stop and it never did. well like 45 minutes into my drive, i go to shift (traffic) and my handle like bends a few degrees, im like ok WTF a bolt had to back out or something... so on my drive on the highway, my friend takes my boot off and one of the nuts had fallen off lol.

so we stopped and got a new nut and thread locker and haven't had problems since.

glad you fixed it though, if one decides to back out on me again, ill look at this thread. i may go check it here in a bit because it feels kinda mushy now that i think about it. might just be playing games in my head now though.

I know I like to take my leather boot off and everything while I'm going down the highway.

how do you get the leeather boot off!!?!?!?!?!?!?

Paul · Apr 14, 2008

The boot is attached to the bezel. The bezel just pops out when you pull up on it.

Mustang68 · Apr 14, 2008

[TxCobrA98 said:
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lol mine did the same.... but mine must have backed out quick because it all happenend or at least i only noticed it in one day.

yeah i noticed it doing it the day after i got the short throw in and everything put back together... the day i put it in i had the insulator boot out so i just had a gaping hole in the floor letting all that wind and engine noise in while i test drove..

im just not sure if with mine its where the handle connects to the shifter or if its where the shifters mounted to the tranny yet...

edit: didnt realise i replied inside the quote tags...

AaRoN · Apr 14, 2008

Good, cheap fix :thumb:

Schiffy · Apr 14, 2008

How did you get the leather shift boot to stay tucked underneath? I'm thinking ima have to buy a whole new shifter boot, because mine is so messed up... is there anyway to stick it back under there and it stay?

Paul · Apr 14, 2008

It is supposed to be firmly attached to the shifter bezel, and should stay there on it's own. Mine was beat up and no longer attached, so I bought a good one from a guy on this forum.

Paul.

Schiffy · Apr 14, 2008

Paul said:
It is supposed to be firmly attached to the shifter bezel, and should stay there on it's own. Mine was beat up and no longer attached, so I bought a good one from a guy on this forum.

Paul.

Damn... i was hoping for a free easy fix. guess i'll start looking around

vermilion · Apr 14, 2008

im looking for a good shifter knob. mine comes off.

Schiffy · Apr 14, 2008

xploder17s said:
im looking for a good shifter knob. mine comes off.

you should ask Shannon where he got his from... I can't remember the website, but they have custom shift knobs... some pretty cool shit if you ask me...