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Boomba Etched Shift Knob

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Anyone have experience with the Boomba Shift knob with the engraved shift pattern on top? Mine screws on completely upside down and the instructions say to heat it up with a heat gun or hair dryer till its ouch hot and twist it into place with heat protective gloves. I'm kinda afraid of it, thinking I might strip the threads on the shift lever. Anyone ever install one?

I don't have a heat gun. Do you think I could boil it?

I thought of asking them to exchange it for a blank one but its too much fix and mix with postage sending it back and them shipping the blank one.
 


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Anyone have experience with the Boomba Shift knob with the engraved shift pattern on top? Mine screws on completely upside down and the instructions say to heat it up with a heat gun or hair dryer till its ouch hot and twist it into place with heat protective gloves. I'm kinda afraid of it, thinking I might strip the threads on the shift lever. Anyone ever install one?

I don't have a heat gun. Do you think I could boil it?

I thought of asking them to exchange it for a blank one but its too much fix and mix with postage sending it back and them shipping the blank one.
Does the reverse lock out work when you unscrew the knob to line up the shift pattern? The reverse lock out is the only concern is really the only concern therefore you should not need to over-tighten the knob. If it does you can do the heating as indicted or use removable thread lock.
 


Boomba Racing

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Anyone have experience with the Boomba Shift knob with the engraved shift pattern on top? Mine screws on completely upside down and the instructions say to heat it up with a heat gun or hair dryer till its ouch hot and twist it into place with heat protective gloves. I'm kinda afraid of it, thinking I might strip the threads on the shift lever. Anyone ever install one?

I don't have a heat gun. Do you think I could boil it?

I thought of asking them to exchange it for a blank one but its too much fix and mix with postage sending it back and them shipping the blank one.
No need to worry at all! Install is not difficult. If you don't have a heat gun, a hair dryer can be used. Here's a little instructional video!

[video=youtube;PDVEscyHsng]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDVEscyHsng[/video]
 


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