Shifter knob "retainer"?
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Racer
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From: Lincoln Nebraska
Shifter **** "retainer"?
What is the purpose of the little metal wedge in the top of the stock M6 shifter ****? Is it a replacement for a lock nut... to keep the **** from turning on the threaded shaft?
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Racer
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Lincoln Nebraska
Thanks. I bought a new **** at the Des Moines "Goodguys" street rod event a couple of weeks ago.... the **** had the USAF logo...which I hadn't seen anywhere before. I didn't know the thread size of the C5 shifter rod, but the vendor was SURE his **** would fit.... well, of course it didn't. Anyway, in the process of removing the stock ****, I managed to lose the metal wedge. While waiting for the correct size **** to get here, I put the original handle back on sans the wedge. Guess It won't hurt anything,,,,, it's so tight on the threads it doesn't move, even without the wedge.
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Racer
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From: Lincoln Nebraska
Sounds like something one of my ex-Navy co-workers would say. I don't mind flying with them, other than they don't appreciate the nice, long (13,000 ft) AF-style runway we have here in Lincoln... they think the first 900 feet is perfectly adequate 
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