Ryan6926 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Hi all possibly a daft question but I think someone's been tinkering with my MB although it's completely standard. I saw a post on the FB group about the gearknobs being threaded so a simple screw on / screw offHowever I went to a scrappy a week or so ago and saw a MG-ZS in pretty much mint condition and saw the gearknob which I thought would be a straight swap although I've ran into 2 problems Firstly the gearknob on mine doesn't twist but pulls straight off instead and the shaft on the MG-ZS thread is a lot wider so it won't go on mine anyway even if it were threaded. Now I'm a tad confused as to what's going on and what I can do, I know you can get short shifter kits although I don't want to do that if I can help it but how difficult would it be to swap the shafts over from another MB assuming they'd be the same? Cheers and apologies if it's been covered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Got any pictures of your gear-knob chap? Can't really say without seeing what's happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilkesyMB6 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I would have thought they would be the same, as most parts are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Peculiar that its not threaded mate .. Pics would benefit .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpo Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Yeah every honda I av ever owned has been twist gearknob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayhoath83 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Sounds like someone cut the shifter down but cant be sure without pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpo Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 X2 and put one of those gearknobs on with the Allen key screws on it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreadi Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 If the mg zs knob is the golf ball looking one, there was one on my deck when I bought it but it had some electrical or PTFE tape around the thread on the gear stick to make it fit but it still span around with little effort. Horrible looking thing though so it now lives in the glove box! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayhoath83 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Sounds like a perfect excuse to fit a short shifter with a nice new thread on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan6926 Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 Well now I'm really confused as I've made a massive knob of myself pardon the pun, I've just gone down to the car and tried to pull it of as I was sure I did last time and it wouldn't move, twisted it and it's come straight off so yep there's only 2 things to say 1 - Thanks for the replies 2 - I'm a t**t 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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