[danish22]

968 Forums Members,



I'm about 4-5 months into my 968 ownership and so far things have been good. It does seem that every solution comes with a new set of problems, but that's how it goes sometimes. Since I've had the car I took it out to IMA and had Ivan go over it and so far it is running very well. I do have one slight problem and was hoping someone might have a simple solution.



I originally had a wooden shift knob on there (from the factory, original part) that was scratched up. So I went with Alan Gunn leather products and bought a new shift knob (other than the stereo, I'm trying to keep it as stock as possible). Very easy to install and looks very good. It's mounted on there solid. Slight problem though. When I hit 1700-2100 RPM now there is a very loud vibration coming from the gear shift area. I definitely didn't dig anywhere into the car other that just the simple gear shift swap, but the vibration is very loud. The engine, clutch, gas pedal, etc... shows no vibration and no noise at all. Just from the shifter, and if I just barely touch the shifter to the left or right, no more than a millimeter or two, the vibration and noise stops. It definitely was not there with the prior wooden shifter and I'm surprised how loud it is with just a simple swap of a knob.



Is there an easy fix for this? Or do I need to go back to the older handle? Not sure why that would make a difference (or even if swapping back would fix it), but it's something I've got to get taken care of.



I've got two small videos I recorded from my iPhone that really shows it well, but they're each about 1 MB, so I can't load them up here.



Any advice or tech expertise is much appreciated.



Thanks,



Dane

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unfortunately there is no fix yet that anybody has come up with to kill the buzz in an aftermarket shifter - only the OEM shifter is quiet, and the reason is the rubber isolators inside

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" if I just barely touch the shifter to the left or right, no more than a millimeter or two, the vibration and noise stops"



Touching your shift knob stops the vibration? I'm so jealous!! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/mad.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/tongue.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[danish22]

Well I put the wooden shift knob back on and sure enough...vibration is gone. The original wooden shifter is hollow with a rubber piece inside, his new ones AGLA makes are solid. So that is what is causing the vibration. Alan Gun has been very good about emailing me back and forth and working with me. I'm going to return the solid leather one and I think he'll send me a hollow OEM style leather one with the rubber bushing inside. Hopefully that'll work. If not, I'll figure out a way to refurbish the wooden one.



Once again, 968 forums to the rescue. I probably would have spent a lot of time and money sorting this out on my own with trips to a mechanic and everything else.



I'll keep you posted.



Dane

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