I have a spare type 9 gear stick that I want to shorten.

To thread the bar again with the M10 thread I need to separate the two parts of the stick so I can turn down the 11mm bar to 10 mm.

Is it just a pressed in fit to the rubber or is there more to it, how have others done this job?

Cheers

Adrian

Cut it off just above and below the damper assy and welded them together, remember having to grind a taper onto the ends of each bit to create a decent V area to weld.

It's been fine for 1K miles so far.

Cheers

Rich

Here you go, a quick search and all is revealed.



link to previous posts on subject

^ ha ha yeah! works perfect too

I was not planning to shorten that much, just so the knob is above the thick section. I thought they may have come apart, but possibly not without damage.

Adrian

I tried everything on my 4 speed one.

The only way it would come apart was to grind away the bell so it would come away from the rubber, then remove the rubber bit.

I have shortened mine to about 3 inches as have built a remote link that is hidden under top trans tunnel tubes.

I also took off the rubber bit, then Loctited an extension back onto the stub. I could then make the length of the extension to suit my needs. In my case I used a Momo knob that had 3 screws to fasten it to the shaft - I just drilled 3 dimples to locate the screws and now the thing is nice and secure.

One caution - don't end up with too short a stick, as it makes gear-changing hard work! I added a couple of inches to mine, and it made my life much easier.

Note: it's a good thing that forum members have nice clean minds, what with all this talk of knobs, shafts, members, and so on... oooer!)

Thanks all for the replies, I generally only get to view after 10 pm.

Trying to keep it simple I was hoping to remove handle!
Cut down, rethread and put back, only looking to remove approx 3 inches, then realised m10 on 11mm shaft DUH. Because if shape there is no way it will fit into fit into lathe.

I will find a way to do it!

Adrian

As mentioned earlier cut the top off with an angle grinder and cut the rubber section out then get a rally design quick shift.
They are really nice and for about £15 are not too bad value.
On top of that the road quick shift feels rather nice.