11-24-2010, 04:34 AM
|
#1
|
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Rapid City South Dakota
Posts: 667
|
|
Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Rapid City South Dakota
Posts: 667
|
ICON Gear Shift Knob/Transfer Case Knob
Well after a week of waiting for my fancy new shifter knobs from ICON the gear shift knob doesn't fit! I removed the factory gear shift knob and proceeded to screw the ICON knob on it kept going and going and eventually it stopped when it was against the plastic on the gear shifter gate. So needless to say they will be returned just curious if anybody else has ordered these and had this problem or is it just company's sending me things that don't fit. I could probably get a nut that is the same thread pattern as the actual shifter and run it on and then run the shifter on but what is the point of spending $144.00 dollars on 2 shifters if they need to be modified right out of the box!
__________________
2005 Sport Edition 198k miles, 4.7V8, Daystar lift, BFG Mud Terrains in 255/75/17
1976 CJ7 (Off Road Toy)
Past 4Runner's 97 SR5 (Sold) 2003 Limited (Sold) 2010 Trail (Sold) 2004 SR5 (Sold)
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
11-24-2010, 10:59 AM
|
#2
|
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 213
|
|
Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 213
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by hamiltonj2w1
Well after a week of waiting for my fancy new shifter knobs from ICON the gear shift knob doesn't fit! I removed the factory gear shift knob and proceeded to screw the ICON knob on it kept going and going and eventually it stopped when it was against the plastic on the gear shifter gate. So needless to say they will be returned just curious if anybody else has ordered these and had this problem or is it just company's sending me things that don't fit. I could probably get a nut that is the same thread pattern as the actual shifter and run it on and then run the shifter on but what is the point of spending $144.00 dollars on 2 shifters if they need to be modified right out of the box!
|
You need to call them and tell them that you need the shorter one, I think it's actually from the FJ. I love mine.
__________________
Sam
2010 SR5 Blizzard Pearl - Stage 3 Icon Suspension with PiggyBack Reservoir shocks - 17" XD Hoss Wheels - 285/70/17 Mickey Thompson's - 5" Mango Walk - Icon Shifters - Wet Okole Seat Covers - Husky Floor Liners - Baja Rack - Hella Horns - Shrockworks Sliders - ARB Bull Bar - Warn XD9000 Winch - 2 Light Force Striker Lights in front - 4 K.C. HiLites in back - Kodiak Dual Battery Set-up - C02 PowerTank - Tool Box - BudBuilt Skids - Cobra CB 75WXST - 4' Fire Stick - Custom Reese Hitch Step - Remote Start - "A .45 for when you care enough to send the very best"
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
11-24-2010, 11:09 AM
|
#3
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Carmel, IN
Posts: 2,765
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Carmel, IN
Posts: 2,765
|
I had a Sparco one on one of my previous vehicles that came with different depth adapters. Not sure about the ICON ones, but thought I throw it out there.
They were plastic inserts that you pushed into the knob and the levers screwed into these sleeves.
Okki
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
11-24-2010, 11:34 AM
|
#4
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: coastal maine
Posts: 2,732
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: coastal maine
Posts: 2,732
|
have you considered just getting an FJ gear-shift knob, hamiltonj2w1?
__________________
10 TE - salsa, KDSS+JBL+Nav
ICON XT COs (+IVD) & tubular UCAs • ICON rear coils & 2.5 remote reservoirs + shin guards • Shrockworks • FN Five Star + 285/70 Mickey Thompson MTZ • TRD CAI + aFe Pro Dry S • Magnaflow • ARB diff breather • rack delete + Thule • H9 lo, 9011 hi, selective Y fog • FJ shifter • ScanGauge
06 SE, galactic gray V8: sold // 93 SR5, lots of rust, salt, & mods: R.I.P. // 71 FJ40, never should've let it go
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
11-24-2010, 12:09 PM
|
#5
|
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Rapid City South Dakota
Posts: 667
|
|
Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Rapid City South Dakota
Posts: 667
|
okki I thought about getting a small plastic adapter or something but the point it is I shouldn't have to modify a 75 dollar shifter. I am considering the FJ shifter now it is off a manual?
__________________
2005 Sport Edition 198k miles, 4.7V8, Daystar lift, BFG Mud Terrains in 255/75/17
1976 CJ7 (Off Road Toy)
Past 4Runner's 97 SR5 (Sold) 2003 Limited (Sold) 2010 Trail (Sold) 2004 SR5 (Sold)
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
11-24-2010, 01:01 PM
|
#6
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: coastal maine
Posts: 2,732
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: coastal maine
Posts: 2,732
|
it's weird. in the parts catalog for the 2010 FJ it's listed as "auto trans manual trans" so i assume that means it's for both. i should have mentioned before that the shaft is a bit too long (just like the Icon one) so i just took it apart and trimmed it ~1/4" to fit. it's a less expensive part, but you may not want to do that as you mentioned. it is pretty trivial, however, in view of all the wrenching you've done on your rig as of late!
__________________
10 TE - salsa, KDSS+JBL+Nav
ICON XT COs (+IVD) & tubular UCAs • ICON rear coils & 2.5 remote reservoirs + shin guards • Shrockworks • FN Five Star + 285/70 Mickey Thompson MTZ • TRD CAI + aFe Pro Dry S • Magnaflow • ARB diff breather • rack delete + Thule • H9 lo, 9011 hi, selective Y fog • FJ shifter • ScanGauge
06 SE, galactic gray V8: sold // 93 SR5, lots of rust, salt, & mods: R.I.P. // 71 FJ40, never should've let it go
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
11-24-2010, 01:21 PM
|
#7
|
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: 33.3913 -117.5756
Posts: 178
|
|
Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: 33.3913 -117.5756
Posts: 178
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by sandcrawler
have you considered just getting an FJ gear-shift knob, hamiltonj2w1?
|
I like the FJ knob over the stock titanic shift knob.
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
11-24-2010, 02:54 PM
|
#8
|
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Rapid City South Dakota
Posts: 667
|
|
Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Rapid City South Dakota
Posts: 667
|
Well talked to ICON they are sending me a different knob apparently the knob is listed wrong on their website so we will see how it all works out
__________________
2005 Sport Edition 198k miles, 4.7V8, Daystar lift, BFG Mud Terrains in 255/75/17
1976 CJ7 (Off Road Toy)
Past 4Runner's 97 SR5 (Sold) 2003 Limited (Sold) 2010 Trail (Sold) 2004 SR5 (Sold)
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
12-03-2010, 09:47 PM
|
#9
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Posts: 39
|
|
Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Posts: 39
|
Carbon Fiber shift knobs
I just replaced both of my shift knobs.
Razo 400 g
TRD black leather
__________________
2012 SR5 4x4 Magnetic Gray
Leather Package, EnTune, Rear Back Up Camera, Auto Diming Mirror, Sunroof, Front & Rear AC Outlets, XM Radio, USB, IPod, Bluetooth, Backup Sensors, Floor/Cargo Mats, Wheel Locks, Cross Bars, Cargo Cover
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
12-04-2010, 12:55 AM
|
#10
|
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Rapid City South Dakota
Posts: 667
|
|
Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Rapid City South Dakota
Posts: 667
|
Yeah just got the new knob from ICON and it is a matte black as to where the transfer case knob is gloss black I will be contacting them to return all the knobs I have to say for what I paid I am not happy at all with ICON
__________________
2005 Sport Edition 198k miles, 4.7V8, Daystar lift, BFG Mud Terrains in 255/75/17
1976 CJ7 (Off Road Toy)
Past 4Runner's 97 SR5 (Sold) 2003 Limited (Sold) 2010 Trail (Sold) 2004 SR5 (Sold)
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
12-04-2010, 08:53 PM
|
#11
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 556
|
|
Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 556
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by hamiltonj2w1
Yeah just got the new knob from ICON and it is a matte black as to where the transfer case knob is gloss black I will be contacting them to return all the knobs I have to say for what I paid I am not happy at all with ICON
|
Same thing happened to me. Sent me the long one, put it on, way too long...sent me the other one it did not match.
I ended up just cutting off the long one with a hacksaw. I did not like the looks of the short one on the transmission, just seemed to short for me. It took about 30 to cut with a hacksaw and new blade. It is just aluminum and cuts like butter!
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
12-05-2010, 01:19 PM
|
#12
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 77
|
|
Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 77
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by sandcrawler
it's weird. in the parts catalog for the 2010 FJ it's listed as "auto trans manual trans" so i assume that means it's for both. i should have mentioned before that the shaft is a bit too long (just like the Icon one) so i just took it apart and trimmed it ~1/4" to fit. it's a less expensive part, but you may not want to do that as you mentioned. it is pretty trivial, however, in view of all the wrenching you've done on your rig as of late!
|
Wow, I love the look of the FJ knob. Particularly, in light of how strange the 4Runner is...
The 4Runner shift knob has horrible ergonomics, especially when using the sport-shift mode and trying to navigate the storage compartment.
Please excuse my ignorance, but I'm not following your comments about needing to trim - Do you mean you actually cut the rod coming up from the console, or that you somehow modified the actual knob...?
DP
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
12-09-2010, 03:25 PM
|
#13
|
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Rapid City South Dakota
Posts: 667
|
|
Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Rapid City South Dakota
Posts: 667
|
Well the shift knobs have been returned and I actually just got off the phone with ICON they apologized for the knobs not being correct and were very friendly on the phone and actually a pleasure to deal with even though I was returning items. It is a shame the knobs didn't work out I am probably going to do the FJ shift knob like sandcrawler.
__________________
2005 Sport Edition 198k miles, 4.7V8, Daystar lift, BFG Mud Terrains in 255/75/17
1976 CJ7 (Off Road Toy)
Past 4Runner's 97 SR5 (Sold) 2003 Limited (Sold) 2010 Trail (Sold) 2004 SR5 (Sold)
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
12-09-2010, 06:02 PM
|
#14
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: coastal maine
Posts: 2,732
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: coastal maine
Posts: 2,732
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by DavidPapke
Wow, I love the look of the FJ knob. Particularly, in light of how strange the 4Runner is...
The 4Runner shift knob has horrible ergonomics, especially when using the sport-shift mode and trying to navigate the storage compartment.
Please excuse my ignorance, but I'm not following your comments about needing to trim - Do you mean you actually cut the rod coming up from the console, or that you somehow modified the actual knob...?
DP
|
thanks, i really like the FJ gearshift too; way more ergonomic for S-mode shifting, imo. got the idea when i was poking around a TT FJ while picking up my Trail this march. i had my first mod queued before i even signed papers! (second mod, i suppose; had the dealer install Duratracs pre-delivery.)
to your question, the shaft of the FJ knob is a bit too long so if you screw it on tightly "as is" it will bash the plastic in the shift gates. to make it fit properly i took the knob apart and cut a small section of the lower center portion out and then epoxied it back together. it looks stock and you'd never know the knob was mucked with.
you could also get an adapter, i suppose, but then the knob would sit a little higher.
__________________
10 TE - salsa, KDSS+JBL+Nav
ICON XT COs (+IVD) & tubular UCAs • ICON rear coils & 2.5 remote reservoirs + shin guards • Shrockworks • FN Five Star + 285/70 Mickey Thompson MTZ • TRD CAI + aFe Pro Dry S • Magnaflow • ARB diff breather • rack delete + Thule • H9 lo, 9011 hi, selective Y fog • FJ shifter • ScanGauge
06 SE, galactic gray V8: sold // 93 SR5, lots of rust, salt, & mods: R.I.P. // 71 FJ40, never should've let it go
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
12-09-2010, 06:24 PM
|
#15
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 77
|
|
Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 77
|
Thanks for the info/clarification.
The more I started being aware of the main shifter the more I think it's the weirdest dang device...
Anyway, I ordered one and hope to have it shortly. Thanks, again, for sharing your "mod" advice.
DP
|
|
Reply With Quote
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is On
|
|
|
|