Shift Lever Diameter and Threading Reutter vs. Karmann
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Shift Lever Diameter and Threading Reutter vs. Karmann
Is the diameter and threading for a T6B gear shift lever on a Reutter car the same as for a T6C Karmann car?
Last edited by Mark Sabbann on Wed Jun 13, 2018 12:13 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: Shift Rod Diameter Reutter vs. Karmann
Mark, I've serviced the bushings on both builds and they take the same part, so the diameter is the same. What 'threading'?
Added by edit:
The subject reads "shift rod", and that was what the above referred to. Your copy says "lever", and having had both, the same applies; the knobs interchange.
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The subject reads "shift rod", and that was what the above referred to. Your copy says "lever", and having had both, the same applies; the knobs interchange.
Last edited by Ron LaDow on Wed Jun 13, 2018 10:56 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Shift Rod Diameter Reutter vs. Karmann
I would think all the running gear and mechanicals were the same on both cars. Just the bodies were different.
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Re: Shift Rod Diameter Reutter vs. Karmann
Threading at the shift knob end.Ron LaDow wrote:Mark, I've serviced the bushings on both builds and they take the same part, so the diameter is the same. What 'threading'?
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Re: Shift Rod Diameter Reutter vs. Karmann
Mark Sabbann wrote:Is the diameter and threading for a T6B gear shift lever on a Reutter car the same as for a T6C Karmann car?
100% yes, completely interchangeable.
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Re: Shift Rod Diameter Reutter vs. Karmann
Mark, why don't you edit the title of your original post to read "lever" instead of "rod". That'll eliminate any confusion for somebody searching the subject in the future.
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Re: Shift Rod Diameter Reutter vs. Karmann
Thanks Sebastian, that's what I thought.Sebastian Gaeta wrote:Mark Sabbann wrote:Is the diameter and threading for a T6B gear shift lever on a Reutter car the same as for a T6C Karmann car?
100% yes, completely interchangeable.
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Re: Shift Rod Diameter Reutter vs. Karmann
Thanks Wes. I wasn't sure how to do that but going to my first post allows editing of the title. I learned something today!Wes Bender wrote:Mark, why don't you edit the title of your original post to read "lever" instead of "rod". That'll eliminate any confusion for somebody searching the subject in the future.
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Re: Shift Lever Diameter and Threading Reutter vs. Karmann
Thanks for the answers and Mark is assisting me with this. For whatever reason the shift knob that fit his 356 is too small to screw onto my '63 Super. It does not fit.
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Re: Shift Lever Diameter and Threading Reutter vs. Karmann
The only answer is that one of the two of you do not have a factory shift lever or its a factory lever that's been modified. But, for clarification's sake, is it a factory knob?Scott Ramsay wrote:Thanks for the answers and Mark is assisting me with this. For whatever reason the shift knob that fit his 356 is too small to screw onto my '63 Super. It does not fit.
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1963 Beetle
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Re: Shift Lever Diameter and Threading Reutter vs. Karmann
Sebastian, it is not a factory knob. It is an Amco shift knob.
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Re: Shift Lever Diameter and Threading Reutter vs. Karmann
Those have set screws. Is the screw backed out all the way or still screwed in? If screwed in it will appear to be “too small”.
Edit: Amco shift knobs may have more than one set screw so check for multiples.
Edit: Amco shift knobs may have more than one set screw so check for multiples.
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1966 VW Single Cab
1966 Ducati Cafe Racer
1964 Karmann Ghia Coupe
1963 Beetle
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'64 C cab
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Re: Shift Lever Diameter and Threading Reutter vs. Karmann
No set screw that I am seeing. Images attached
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Re: Shift Lever Diameter and Threading Reutter vs. Karmann
Suggested (honest) subject line so the rest of us don't waste time trying to suss out the facts:
"I'm trying to fit an aftermarket shift knob to a T6. Can anyone help"
Thank you and, no, I have no idea why the knob you bought somewhere or other doesn't fit a 356. Why not ask the seller?
"I'm trying to fit an aftermarket shift knob to a T6. Can anyone help"
Thank you and, no, I have no idea why the knob you bought somewhere or other doesn't fit a 356. Why not ask the seller?
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Re: Shift Lever Diameter and Threading Reutter vs. Karmann
Scott,
The next step is to get a factory knob and see if it works. It is now back to only one possibility--either your shift lever is non-factory/modified or Mark's is.
The next step is to get a factory knob and see if it works. It is now back to only one possibility--either your shift lever is non-factory/modified or Mark's is.
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Registry #8339
'65 C coupe
'64 C cab
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2014 Boxster 981
2005 997 C2 Cab
1967 Karmann Ghia Convertible
1966 VW Single Cab
1966 Ducati Cafe Racer
1964 Karmann Ghia Coupe
1963 Beetle
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Registry #8339
'65 C coupe
'64 C cab
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2014 Boxster 981
2005 997 C2 Cab
1967 Karmann Ghia Convertible
1966 VW Single Cab
1966 Ducati Cafe Racer
1964 Karmann Ghia Coupe
1963 Beetle