Sheesh. Last week I changed out my stock, long throw shifter for the Porsche short shift kit. It went together with no special issues and worked great. However, as happens often, when I attempted to re-install the shift knob, I broke the top off and marred up the rest of it pretty badly. No problem, after posting a request today for shift knob ideas I decided on a nice almost stock looking item from (gasp) Pep Boys.
Another guy here used one just like it and it looked pretty good in his car.
Soooo...that old knob was on their pretty tight so I decided to twist it off with pliers. Literally as soon as I grabbed the knob with the pliers and twisted, the shift rod popped and then spun around down at the bottom on it's axis. I rolled my eyes and decided it was time to find out what broke.
15 minutes later, with the shifter out of the car, here is what I found. The tack weld that attached the rod to the receptacle just snapped. I guess I need to find a welder to reattach it - better than the factory did.
Moral of the story, do not twist the shift rod with pliers!
