epgonzalez

well, after trying the comptech piece..and not enjoying it much..(didnt feel smooth and crisp like oem) i decided to put the stock back on and try a lower shift knob.

i got the arc piece..which was very nice but something just didnt feel right about the shifting.

i noticed the lock nut under the oem shift knob, and decided to leave it off...

what do you know...it lowers the hieght of the shifter a pretty good amount...

and also..i believe the wieght of the knob acts like a counter wieght..and helps shifter feel balanced and crisp

give it a try.

ep-who learned another expensive lesson, somethings are better left alone!

TSX2345

Hmmm will have to give this a try

CGTSX2004

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Did the pattern line up correctly? Several people have mentioned that the pattern doesn't seem to line up correctly without the locknut.

TSX2345

Regardless if it does or does not we know or should the the pattern. Reflexes

San-AnT

yeah, original knob wont line up witout nut. but you can always get an unmarked metal knob.

xizor

who wants a shift pattern that's upside down?

jackacc

Here is a thread I posted a little while ago about a homemade SS

http://www.acura-tsx.com/forums/show...=short+shifter


This worked out really well. It drastically lowered the knob since the skunk2 knob is threaded all the way through unlike the stocker. I have since taken the locknut and ground it all the way down (cut another 1/8 in off of it or so, just leaving the threaded part) and now the boot rests right up against the knob. Sits real low and shifts awesome due to the heavy weight of the skunk2 knob.

TSX2345

Good shit

epgonzalez

pattern lined up just fine

jackacc

You know what, come to think of it, my stock knob also lined up perfect when i took out the lock nut too. My skunk2 knob was crooked without it though.

amadeus303

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A few of us have already done this... and yes... you can still line up the knob so that the shift pattern is "right side up"...

xizor

my stock knob when screwed tite is at a 45 degree angle

San-AnT

any insight on how you got it to line up without the nut? it is physically impossible to line up with just the knob with my shifter/boot. did you put the nut in under the boot?

TSX2345

Does the alignment of the shift pattern really matter? There are some shift knobs out there that don't even have them. A seasoned MT driver shouldn't really care.

WheaMyRyceGo

so all we do is take out the locknut and slap the shiftknob back on and were done??

jackacc

Yeah pretty much, but some people are reporting that theirs does not line up correctly. Mine did, but yours may not. One thing to try would be to find a thin lock nut to use. I tried to find one at local hardware stores but could not. I took a dremel and cut my lock nut down real thin to the threads and it works nicely.

Here is a pic after I rethreaded the shifter with a new knob and cranked it all the way down, but you can see how fat the locknut is. I cut everything off the nut except the threads, and it lowered it another 1/8" or so ffrom this pic. It is real low now.

amadeus303

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Xizor/San-AnT...

Mine went back on straight --- I didn't use the locknut at all.. just screwed it back on, and used a rubber dishwashing glove to give me the grip I needed to give it a little extra turn. I'll take pics this weekend if you want... but I didn't do anything special to get it back on

San-AnT

that's like asking if custom wheels really matter - a seasoned driver shouldn't care, right?

it would bother me if the shift knob were not lined up right, especially if people in the car look down and say "hey, your shift knob is fucked up"

curls

Personally I wouldn't want the shift knob to sit any lower... it's in a perfect spot as it is right now. Any lower and I'd feel I was reaching for it, slightly, and that would probably throw off the ergonomics that I really like about driving the 6MT in the TSX.

I got the Comptech SS and LOVE it. Keeps the stock knob at the same height but shortens the throws considerably.

PixelHarmony

I took my locknut out after my SS install. It was slightly off center, so all I did was twist it a bit more and it's perfectly aligned. Both my stock and skunk2 knobs had no problems.

Newplay1

I took my locknut out when i got my acura optional rsx knob and sits fine/low.

San-AnT

i needed this little bit of insight - turn the knob till it feels like it's gonna break - to get the stock knob on straight. now it looks good, i just hope i never have to take it off again!

scheißterhöffer

There's alot of "some people's line up others don't", I was wondering, is it possible that the final alignment is dependant on the initial alignment of the knob when you start screwing it back on? If you start with it lined up, maybe it finishes one way, but if you started with it upside down, it would finish in another position?

San-AnT

no. only catches at one point and ends at one point. doesn't matter how i line it up, always ends up in the same spot. however, as i said before, i initially stopped turning it when it got tight, which resulted in an upside down sorta to the right side pattern. Once i overcame the fear of breaking something, i turned the holy crap out of it until it was straight and lined up.