Crush Sleeve-Shift Knob Install

[Swiftmotoring]

I am sure this is an elementary question. How do you properly install a NOS shift knob with crush sleeve? Does the crush sleeve go in the shift knob and then installed or does the crush sleeve go over the shift lever and then install the shift knob?
Thanks,
Marvin

[bkreigsr]

I put mine on the shift lever first, the guided the knob down over it, keeping the sleeve from sliding down with my free thumb nail. Try to do it in one motion and get it right the first time - there is some wiggle room to rotate the knob once fully seated.
I don't think there is a technically correct sequence, but I'm sure someone more mechanically astute will chime in.
Bill K

[hydrocrust]

I purchased one of these knobs from our hosts (911-424-071-01-M350), along with the retaining sleeve (999-532-003-00-M100), but the shaft on the shifter was too skinny, so the knob was really loose. A half-wide strip of Mr. Grip solved the looseness problem (Amazon.com: Woodmate 2498 Mr. Grip Screw Hole Repair Kit: Home Improvement). I put the retaining sleeve around the shaft of the shifter, slipped the 1/2-wide strip inside the sleeve, then wedged the knob down over the two, nice and snug. In fact, it might have worked to just use two Mr. Grip strips instead of the retaining sleeve, saved a few $$, but I'm happy to have this working.

[83-911SC cab]

I tried placing it on the shifter and then sliding the knob on..it felt a little tight so I stopped and then to make sure I didn't crack the bottom of the knob, I placed the sleeve inside the knob then slid the knob and sleeve on to the shifter..There appeared to be a recessed area inside the knob that the sleeve fit in to.. I did it this way because I didn't want to be pissed because I cracked the knob I just put on..

Good luck and go slow..

Gregg S.

[RSTarga]

As Greg says, inside the knob there is a slightly deeper recess where the sleeve goes, slide it in there then onto the shifter , otherwise it will crack the bottom of the knob.

[schoward]

Like rs targa said.

To drive mine home I had my father in law rout out a piece of cedar to go on top of the knob while i hammered it so force would be applied on outer edges of knob (think of a cup a golf ball would sit in) vs hammering the thinner presumably more easily damaged shift pattern area on top of knob. Few swift taps on wood , knob down, cedar cracked in two indicating I was done . Knob hasn't budged in 8 years.

[Allen_70S]

My story is similar. The crush sleeve was not tight on the shifter shaft. I used an adhesive product “Amazing Goop”, available at Home Depot, to secure the installation. I didn’t get the knob rotational angle quite right on the first try. Using a hair dryer on “hot” for a few minutes softened the dried adhesive enough to rotate the knob to the correct orientation. This technique should also work if the knob needed to be removed in the future.

Al

[donporfi]

Hydrocrust
Is that shift knob 911-424-071-01-M350 an exact reproduction of an original shift knob ?
Can you post a picture of it installed in your car ?
Sorry to highjack this post and ask this question.
Thanks

[Nostril Cheese]

Sleeve in knob, then whang it down on the shifter rod.