I have a titanium OEM shift know and was wondering if any of you would be able to countersink it for me. I'd like to keep the original look of the knob but I'm going for a shorter throw.

Can this be done or is the titanium too difficult to work with? Have any of you had this done?

 

ti is kinda hard to work with, but it can be done.

bring it to local machine shop (search phone book) and ask them about it.

 

Seung,

When do you plan to make the next batch of your knobs?

 

the NYC boys had a knob party recently

here's some info for you

http://forums.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.p...&highlight=knob

 

Why don't you cut down the metal holding the gear knob...that should work....

 

Jeez- I don't know what's so hard about this. Put it on a lathe, and take a few passes with the bit set at an appropriate angle. The only problem is if the shaft bottoms out on the shifter, in which case you're screwed (pardon the pun).

If the knob is titanium, then you'll need to turn at a lower speed (200?) and use a carbide bit. IMO Ti is a pain in the butt to machine.

I made a brass shift knob for my Integra (back when I still had it) in an attempt to increase the mass and decrease the vibration frequency. There is a nice tool out there for turning a radius on the lathe.

 

probably never, i'm just too busy and lazy.