I bought this at e-bay to match my laminated burl bezels.

The seller claimed he never used it but said it will fit the Fiero shifter but I'm having issues with it!
It doesn't mount with the oem staple that slides in the middle of it but has three allen type screws instead.

I had it so it was attached and sliding through the gears but the shifter could move without pressing in on the button. I don't like that because if it was nudged inadvertently into park while driving that could be disastrous! Plus I couldn't get the key out because the knob would not fully release the button in the park position so I had to remove it! I tried attaching it in many ways like depressing the button first then sliding it on and twisting it etc, etc but to no avail! Am I going to be able to use this knob? Is there a trick to getting it to work? Has anyone ever got a aftermarket auto shifter to work? Here's some pics of the inner guts if you can see it.
The first two I am not depressing the button.


The next two the button is depressed.


Thanks for any insight
Marc

I bought something like that a couple of years ago with the same problem. It slid over the shaft and it had little screws to tighten it to the shaft but it never fit quite right. It would go thru the gears with out pushing the button and sometimes it wouldnt go into park, R, or D. You might be able to make it work, but i just went back to stock but i am currently lookin for a leather knob either for a firebird or camaro. Good luck

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Thanks for the reply FIER086. Plus for you!
Anyone else have any knowledge of these aftermarket auto knobs?

[This message has been edited by Gokart (edited 03-22-2008).]

If it slides through the gears without pushing the button then it is mounted too low on the shifter shaft. If you can't mount it further up, then you will have to shorten the plastic push rod that is in the shifter shaft.

quote Originally posted by partfiero: If it slides through the gears without pushing the button then it is mounted too low on the shifter shaft. If you can't mount it further up, then you will have to shorten the plastic push rod that is in the shifter shaft.

I should've mentioned I did try this! That's when I got it to go through all the gears but not stopping/locking at any. Pushing it all the way down didn't work at all. I'd like to try and shorten the plastic push rod to see if I can gets this knob to work. How much should I cut off of it at a time? If this doesn't work will my oem knob not work after

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Anyone else have any knowledge of aftermarket auto knobs and/or the plastic rod inside the shifter stock.

You often have to mount an after market knob higher or lower ,,chances are this was made to fit a wide variety of cars .. when you find the area where it works best thighten screws very tight then remove and drill shallow holes to help screws hold shift knob in place,, you will be able to remount the stock knob ..tho you may have to clean up threads with a thread file or triangular file..If you can not make it work properly do not risk safety for what is essentially a trinket .(tho I love a beautiful knob,I mean shift knob) you need firm selection

Often a combination of the stock part and the accessory part will lead you to the promise land of shift lever awww looks great
Make the new lever just like the old not so simple to do,, but rewarding

This is eyeball work you must calculate the distances, and ajust.. the new knob has the mechanism in a different location than the stock one , this calls for serious eyeball engineering & compensation that is difficult to do from the photos

If confused by eyeball scan draw a diagram of the old and the new side by side and the light will strike you like a religious conversion to the Tom Cruise & Edgar Cayce growd

[This message has been edited by uhlanstan (edited 03-23-2008).]

quote Originally posted by uhlanstan: You often have to mount an after market knob higher or lower ,,chances are this was made to fit a wide variety of cars .. when you find the area where it works best thighten screws very tight then remove and drill shallow holes to help screws hold shift knob in place,, you will be able to remount the stock knob ..tho you may have to clean up threads with a thread file or triangular file..If you can not make it work properly do not risk safety for what is essentially a trinket .(tho I love a beautiful knob,I mean shift knob) you need firm selection Often a combination of the stock part and the accessory part will lead you to the promise land of shift lever awww looks great Make the new lever just like the old not so simple to do,, but rewarding This is eyeball work you must calculate the distances, and ajust.. the new knob has the mechanism in a different location than the stock one , this calls for serious eyeball engineering & compensation that is difficult to do from the photos If confused by eyeball scan draw a diagram of the old and the new side by side and the light will strike you like a religious conversion to the Tom Cruise & Edgar Cayce growd

Thanks for the helpful input! I especially like the idea of drilling the shadow holes to help keep the knob in place once I get it right. I have another plastic rod coming so I can experiment without fear!