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05-03-2012, 04:24 PM
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Grabbing the gears
For a long time now I have been looking for a set of shift knobs for my truck, but nothing was fitting what I wanted, I wanted it to be a statement that someone that knew something about working on things would say "now that is pretty cool." So one day my rear end bearings went out and I was just doing an axle swap and had a bunch of parts laying around. I had the pinion gear and a couple other things in a box on my front seat and was showing a friend and he was like that would make a cool shift knob and I just said ya it would but it is way to heavy, so I just threw the whole idea out. but then I saw my spider gears in there and picked it up and said that would make a cool shift knob. so then my mind started to wander. so what I did is i took it to a local machine shop and had them make a piece that I could press fit into the middle and then drill and tap it and presto we have a cool shift knob
          
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05-06-2012, 08:52 PM
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Re: Grabbing the gears
Cool!
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05-06-2012, 09:18 PM
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I know what I'm doin' tomorrow.
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05-06-2012, 09:32 PM
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05-06-2012, 09:44 PM
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Re: Grabbing the gears
They look awesome. How's the feel when grabbing gears, especially if "power" shifting?
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05-06-2012, 11:05 PM
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Re: Grabbing the gears
Why did that post sideways like that so far?
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05-07-2012, 04:04 AM
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Re: Grabbing the gears
I like it!! joseph
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05-07-2012, 05:39 AM
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Re: Grabbing the gears
That's a cool way to go. Nothing says rugged like a couple of side gears looking at you. Your pictures show me what my truck would be like if I used one of the '70 NP205 shifters I have. That know has no pattern on it,correct?
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