pezchops wrote:did you try driving without the gear knob and see if you still get the noise.
just to eliminate that.
so this has weirded me out. Was driving along today with the roof up, listening to the gearstick buzzing and humming away at different revs and thought, before I lose it and put the factory stick back in, I should double check its not the knob. So as I drove I unscrewed the knob and guess what? SILENCE!!Totally bizarre since I tested this earlier and it made no difference. Since I dismantled and reinstalled the SSK, the noise now seems to be coming from the gear knob itself? Weird!
So the question is now, Since im still using the Factory leather SE gearknob, how can I overcome this? Is it the inner nylon/plastic thread vibrating against the metal thread?
I was thinking maybe stick a gob full of something like RTV silicone in the knob then screw it in place? The rubberised silicone might dampen the vibration?
