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How warm should an SE gearknob get?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:15 pm
by davekmoore
The alloy gearknob on my SE got up to body temp today on a 50k drive in mid-20 degree outside temps and dríven at no more than 100kmph and no more than 3,000 revs.
Is this normal?
Re: How warm should an SE gearknob get?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:31 pm
by Regie
I remember the voodoo knob on my NB used to get bloody hot after a decent drive.
hows your gear boots looking?
Re: How warm should an SE gearknob get?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:41 pm
by StanTheMan
I would have taken that as a given. SE are sex on a stick.
sorry. back standard progarmming now
Re: How warm should an SE gearknob get?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:53 pm
by Apu
I used to have a metal gear knob on my car as well, and didn't like it - too hot in summer, too cold in winter...so I switched to a teflon Works Engineering knob available from MX5 Mania (shameless plug
)
Re: How warm should an SE gearknob get?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 8:54 pm
by tescoking
I got a chrome gear knob and I had got burned once because of it.
Re: How warm should an SE gearknob get?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:00 pm
by davekmoore
Sounds like mine is normal then. I need gloves in winter and it needs a glove in summer.
Re: How warm should an SE gearknob get?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:38 pm
by chrisearl88
Ive got a machined ss knob and it used to get to like 35-40 degrees on drives down to the coast. Replacing the shift boots made a big difference, I'd check this out.
Re: How warm should an SE gearknob get?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:09 pm
by Lokiel
Yes they do get hot in summer when the car's been sitting in the sun with the top down.
- 'tis a test of your worthiness to drive the car, much like the Shaolin monks who must brand their forearms on a scalding cauldron to prove that they have become a Shaolin Master!
Re: How warm should an SE gearknob get?
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:19 am
by 93_Clubman
davekmoore wrote:SE got up to temp today on a 50k drive
On the road again - congrats Dave!
Re: How warm should an SE gearknob get?
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:23 am
by Okibi
How many have had the H pattern sticker come off their SE gearknob?
Re: How warm should an SE gearknob get?
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:45 am
by davekmoore
93_Clubman wrote:davekmoore wrote:SE got up to temp today on a 50k drive
On the road again - congrats Dave!
Re: How warm should an SE gearknob get?
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:20 am
by Purfler
I have a machined Momo one on my NA that the previous owner bought at vast expense. I have put a piece of plastic tube over the shaft and then put the knob over that - it both gives a better fit and insulates it a bit. It still gets warm though.
Tim
Re: How warm should an SE gearknob get?
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 9:27 am
by 22Silver
My plastic NB8A gear knob was getting VERY hot, so I replaced the shift boots, problem solved. Those rubber things make a huge difference.
Re: How warm should an SE gearknob get?
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:34 am
by davekmoore
Intact boots certainly reduce the noise and heat getting into the cabin but don't stop heat being transmitted into a metal gearknob from the lever.
I might try the sleeve mentioned in one of the posts. Any more details?
Re: How warm should an SE gearknob get?
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:39 am
by davekmoore
davekmoore wrote:93_Clubman wrote:davekmoore wrote:SE got up to temp today on a 50k drive
On the road again - congrats Dave!
Thanks, but still a lot of snagging to be done before it's a useable car again
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