C6 Shifter Knob on C5
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '10-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17
C6 Shifter **** on C5
Searched several different posts regarding the problems with the C6 **** that screws onto a threaded post and self threads into the plastic. If you take it off more than a couple of times it becomes loose/stripped and will not tighten down. My question is: has anyone tried a metal threaded (9/16-18) insert in the plastic ****? One that has a grid pattern to lock in when press fit or epoxied in? If so can you share where you got it from. Thanks.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16
Searched several different posts regarding the problems with the C6 **** that screws onto a threaded post and self threads into the plastic. If you take it off more than a couple of times it becomes loose/stripped and will not tighten down. My question is: has anyone tried a metal threaded (9/16-18) insert in the plastic ****? One that has a grid pattern to lock in when press fit or epoxied in? If so can you share where you got it from. Thanks.
Take your pick of ****(s).
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '10-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16
Understood. However I already have the TPS C6 modified short shifter. The C6 **** I got from GS Creations is one that self threads onto the 9/16-18 shaft but strips out easily if you remove it just a couple of times. So I was looking for a threaded metal insert for the ****, if one exists. Thanks.
Maybe you could file/grind down the metal threads on the shaft of the shifter and then epoxy (JB Weld for example) a thin, smooth metal "sleeve" of the correct diameter onto it. Copper or aluminum tubing (easy to file/work, etc) are a couple choices. Then slide the **** down over it and mark/drill a small hole to tap for the retaining screw.
Go to McMaster-Carr dot com and look at their fabricating materials such a tubing, sleeving, etc. Ya never know what you'll find.
