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clockworkbox
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Location: Williamsport, PA
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 Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 2:01 pm Post subject: Empi Trigger Shift Knob Hack |
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There is nothing like this for the Empi shifter so I got this for Christmas and decided to make it work. It leaves an ugly gap if you use it as is and I did not like it. I screwed the insert down tight and then took a cheap hf 3/4" countersink bit to the brass insert. I kept drilling and then checking until I got it to work when I pulled the trigger for reverse. Then I used red threadlocker to bind the insert to the knob in the correct orientation. I let it set over night and unscrewed the whole unit. Finally, I filled the void inside with JB Weld epoxy, the 2 part kind with the mixing tube to get in below the threads. That dried over night again and it fits and works perfectly with no gap.
Shift knob:
https://a.co/d/42aWjEu
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NJ John
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 7:44 pm Post subject: Re: Empi Trigger Shift Knob Hack |
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Nice work. I put a skull on my Hurst shifter in a similar fashion. Now it’s hanging on the wall and the black knob is my draw.
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runamoc 
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| Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 1:17 pm Post subject: Re: Empi Trigger Shift Knob Hack |
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I gently filed the bottom insert until a blue #2 pool ball had the right 'direction' when tightened.
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Bruce
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2025 2:35 am Post subject: Re: Empi Trigger Shift Knob Hack |
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clockworkbox
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2025 9:04 am Post subject: Re: Empi Trigger Shift Knob Hack |
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Yep, that's what I was going for. Nice Hurst!
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jpaull
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2025 10:18 am Post subject: Re: Empi Trigger Shift Knob Hack |
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Great minds think alike.
I rebuilt a hurst and used one of bruce's plates, and hurst shift ball
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