Jmanlevan
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- First Name
- Jordan
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- Denver, CO
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- '23 Supra 3.0 MT, '00 4Runner SR5
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Supplies needed:
-Stock shift boot and knob assembly
-Measuring tape
-Cutting blade
-Loctite threadlocker BLUE
-Super glue
-cutting surface
-1/8” Allen wrench
-pen or sharpie
-Raceseng Shift Knob (I got the Slammer - 635 grams)
-Shift boot zip tie (included in the box with your shift knob)
-Raceseng Non Thread Adapter (NTA) (included in the box with your shift knob)
-Raceseng Shift boot collar (NTA) ***not required but cleans up the boot below the knob.
Steps:
Step 1: With ignition OFF, parking brake engaged, shift the car into 2nd gear (this will help with leverage and angle of pulling as opposed to 1st gear being away from you.
Step 2: pop the shift boot out by gently pulling up on the side of the boot nearest the cup holders
Step 3: gently work the other 3 sides of the boot loose. It should come out pretty easily.
Step 4: pull up on the shift knob.*important* To quote @UYCR "Don’t use the arm you carry your purse"
The assembly will come out as 1 unit
Step 5: find the base of the stock knob and measure 1” from the base. Mark with a pen or sharpie. It’s important to not cut too low so that you have plenty of leather material so when you’re rowing through all 6 gears and R there is not tightness on the boot in any position.
Step 6: use tape to wrap around the base of the knob to use as a reference for cutting around the boot
Step 7: use a blade to cut the boot
Step 8: separate the boot from the knob. Be really careful as you might get a little thread fraying or even coming loose
Step 9: I had a little fraying and some threads that popped out so I super glued them to the boot and super glued the top of the boot where the two sides of leather meet, on both sides, just for the reassurance because I didn’t want the threads to come out slowly over time. Others may not have this issues.
You now have a shift-knob-free shift boot! Yay, no more uncircumcised knob *silence* …..…..
I did the rest inside a dim garage so I wouldn’t have taken great pics of the process but From here on out, refer to the install video from Raceseng (my written steps are still below)
https://raceseng.com/pages/non-threaded-adapter-install-guide
Step 10: now back at the car, remove all the set screws in the non thread adapter (NTA) and apply BLUE loctite and reinstall the set screws loosely. You could do this process back at your work station but I did it inside my car. Just becareful not to lose the set screws as they are very tiny and also be careful with the loctite since it can be pretty messy stuff.
Step 11: install the NTA onto the shifter without the shift boot. That will get installed after the test fit. Gently tighten set screws
Step 12: install shift boot collar if you purchased one, then install shift knob all the way down for the test fit.
Step 13: if your shift knob is not straight, loosen NTA set screws and rotate the assembly until the shift knob is straight.
Step 14: tighten down set screws as hand tight as you can but don’t over do it.
Step 15: remove shift knob and collar
Step 16: place the provided zip tie around the shifter
Step 17: turn shift boot inside out and install onto the shifter upside down with the shifter frame facing the correct way so that it will be installed correctly. ***It’s important to get the shift boot frame orientation right so that after you install the zip tie below, when you go to turn the shift boot back out, the frame is in the correct orientation because you do not want to have to try and rotate the leather around the NTA once it’s been zip tied tight.
Step 18: once the shift boot is over the NTA, slide up the zip tie and tighten onto shift boot. Cut the excess zip tie material.
Step 19: turn shift boot back out and tidy up the leather by pressing it down into the void space surrounding the shifter.
Step 20: reinstall collar and then shift knob
Step 21: test all 7 gears and make sure the boot isn’t too tight at any gear location.
Step 21: admire the new sexiness.
*****special thanks to @UYCR @Prado150 @FuzzyRev85 for their posts and pictures in the “Manual Supra Shift Knob Options out there?” thread
https://www.supramkv.com/threads/manual-supra-shift-knob-options-out-there.16152/
-Stock shift boot and knob assembly
-Measuring tape
-Cutting blade
-Loctite threadlocker BLUE
-Super glue
-cutting surface
-1/8” Allen wrench
-pen or sharpie
-Raceseng Shift Knob (I got the Slammer - 635 grams)
-Shift boot zip tie (included in the box with your shift knob)
-Raceseng Non Thread Adapter (NTA) (included in the box with your shift knob)
-Raceseng Shift boot collar (NTA) ***not required but cleans up the boot below the knob.
Steps:
Step 1: With ignition OFF, parking brake engaged, shift the car into 2nd gear (this will help with leverage and angle of pulling as opposed to 1st gear being away from you.
Step 2: pop the shift boot out by gently pulling up on the side of the boot nearest the cup holders
Step 3: gently work the other 3 sides of the boot loose. It should come out pretty easily.
Step 4: pull up on the shift knob.*important* To quote @UYCR "Don’t use the arm you carry your purse"
The assembly will come out as 1 unit
Step 5: find the base of the stock knob and measure 1” from the base. Mark with a pen or sharpie. It’s important to not cut too low so that you have plenty of leather material so when you’re rowing through all 6 gears and R there is not tightness on the boot in any position.
Step 6: use tape to wrap around the base of the knob to use as a reference for cutting around the boot
Step 7: use a blade to cut the boot
Step 8: separate the boot from the knob. Be really careful as you might get a little thread fraying or even coming loose
Step 9: I had a little fraying and some threads that popped out so I super glued them to the boot and super glued the top of the boot where the two sides of leather meet, on both sides, just for the reassurance because I didn’t want the threads to come out slowly over time. Others may not have this issues.
You now have a shift-knob-free shift boot! Yay, no more uncircumcised knob *silence* …..…..
I did the rest inside a dim garage so I wouldn’t have taken great pics of the process but From here on out, refer to the install video from Raceseng (my written steps are still below)
https://raceseng.com/pages/non-threaded-adapter-install-guide
Step 10: now back at the car, remove all the set screws in the non thread adapter (NTA) and apply BLUE loctite and reinstall the set screws loosely. You could do this process back at your work station but I did it inside my car. Just becareful not to lose the set screws as they are very tiny and also be careful with the loctite since it can be pretty messy stuff.
Step 11: install the NTA onto the shifter without the shift boot. That will get installed after the test fit. Gently tighten set screws
Step 12: install shift boot collar if you purchased one, then install shift knob all the way down for the test fit.
Step 13: if your shift knob is not straight, loosen NTA set screws and rotate the assembly until the shift knob is straight.
Step 14: tighten down set screws as hand tight as you can but don’t over do it.
Step 15: remove shift knob and collar
Step 16: place the provided zip tie around the shifter
Step 17: turn shift boot inside out and install onto the shifter upside down with the shifter frame facing the correct way so that it will be installed correctly. ***It’s important to get the shift boot frame orientation right so that after you install the zip tie below, when you go to turn the shift boot back out, the frame is in the correct orientation because you do not want to have to try and rotate the leather around the NTA once it’s been zip tied tight.
Step 18: once the shift boot is over the NTA, slide up the zip tie and tighten onto shift boot. Cut the excess zip tie material.
Step 19: turn shift boot back out and tidy up the leather by pressing it down into the void space surrounding the shifter.
Step 20: reinstall collar and then shift knob
Step 21: test all 7 gears and make sure the boot isn’t too tight at any gear location.
Step 21: admire the new sexiness.
*****special thanks to @UYCR @Prado150 @FuzzyRev85 for their posts and pictures in the “Manual Supra Shift Knob Options out there?” thread
https://www.supramkv.com/threads/manual-supra-shift-knob-options-out-there.16152/
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