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05-02-2012, 10:21 PM
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play every day
Drives: 2012 Yaris L 2dr 5sp Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Los Angeles
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"cueball" shifter...
I've always liked the old time 1960's Hurst "cueball" shift knobs and had put one on my Tacoma, so it was natural to want to put one on the Yaris, too. So I got one off ebay for only $18 including shipping.
  The plastic ball has a soft brass liner in it so I carefully drilled it out with sucessively larger bits until it was a tight fit on the threaded shift lever, then simply screwed it on so that the steel threads on the lever bit into the brass "cueball" liner nice and tight. It looks really cool and feels great! 
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05-02-2012, 11:13 PM
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2ZR swap. DO IT! Ask how!
Drives: 09 Meteoric Metallic HB Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: West Michigan
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An interesting approach, indeed. For future reference, the manual shifter threads are M12 x 1.25. I'm curious about how this will hold up over time.
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05-03-2012, 12:17 AM
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play every day
Drives: 2012 Yaris L 2dr 5sp Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Los Angeles
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Hurst shift knobs are 3/8"x 16TPI so it wasn't even even remotely close. I used about 7 or 8 1/64th inch incremental bits to get it to fit, and it's screwed on super tight. On my Tacoma I cut the shift lever short, ground it down to a tight fit on the knob and jammed it on with silicone. Been over 4 years and it hasn't come off yet.
 I had been looking at the new shift knobs and many of of them are insanely expensive. This is a way to have a really cool retro '60's American muscle car shift knob at a cheap price.
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05-05-2012, 11:26 PM
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that's right I went there
Drives: '08 Blazin' Blue,'10 Dark Red Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Hoytville, ohio
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plus good luck findin ANY that fit metric.....ik I've been wantin a different one from the OBX one i got
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Mods  : 15" SSC rims, TRD Exhaust, TRD Sway bar, TRD oil filler, TRD rad. cap, TYC tails, Debadged, Painted engine cover, Stock spoiler, Stock mud gaurds, OBX pedals. suggestions always welcome 
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05-06-2012, 02:25 AM
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play every day
Drives: 2012 Yaris L 2dr 5sp Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Los Angeles
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If it has a sleeve, it can be drilled to fit.
You just want to be sure that you don't go too big too fast, and just incrementally increase the drill size by 1/64th of an inch. 29/64ths was just the right size for the outside edges of the steel threads on the shift lever to bite into the soft brass insert of the knob. It really holds on tight and is very difficult to unscrew once it's on. |
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05-06-2012, 12:46 PM
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 Drives: soarer Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Beautiful British Columbia
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Sorry for off-topic:
I have TRD style round leather one and totally love it.. my best mod ever )) (not many mods altogether ))) http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOYOTA-COROL...item3cc5aed7b1 |
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05-06-2012, 01:20 PM
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play every day
Drives: 2012 Yaris L 2dr 5sp Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Los Angeles
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I saw that leather one also and I bet it feels good in use... but it looked too much like a hackey sack ball.
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