Shift knob shakes?
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Shift **** shakes?
My shift **** shakes along with suspension. Meaning when I am on pumpy freeway, it shakes up and down as the suspension moves up and down. And the vinyl cover around it rubs against itself making a squeaking sound. Anyone notice the same thing?
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Originally Posted by Snake8
My shift **** shakes along with suspension. Meaning when I am on pumpy freeway, it shakes up and down as the suspension moves up and down. And the vinyl cover around it rubs against itself making a squeaking sound. Anyone notice the same thing?
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So, when the car is rolling down the road and hits a bump, the wheel bounces, the axle bounces, the drive shaft bounces, the transmission bounces and therefore the shift lever bounces. All this is happening the body of the car, which is not directly attached to the shift lever, blah, blah, blah, because of the laws of momentum (or one of those physics thingys) is trying to maintain it's position in space and because of that it doesn't necessarily move in sync with the shift lever, etc. It may move because of the bump, but not necessarily in sync with the components mentioned.
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Originally Posted by Go48
The thigh bone connected to the.....no wait, that's not it. ![Smilie](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
![Smilie](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
the white thing's connected to the red thing, the red thing's connected to my wrist watch...uh oh, that's not good
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Originally Posted by Go48
Think about it a minute. The shift lever is attached to the transmission which is attached to the drive shaft which is attached to the rear axles (through the differential) which is attached to the wheels which are attached to the shocks/springs. The thigh bone connected to the.....no wait, that's not it.
So, when the car is rolling down the road and hits a bump, the wheel bounces, the axle bounces, the drive shaft bounces, the transmission bounces and therefore the shift lever bounces. All this is happening the body of the car, which is not directly attached to the shift lever, blah, blah, blah, because of the laws of momentum (or one of those physics thingys) is trying to maintain it's position in space and because of that it doesn't necessarily move in sync with the shift lever, etc. It may move because of the bump, but not necessarily in sync with the components mentioned.
![Smilie](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
So, when the car is rolling down the road and hits a bump, the wheel bounces, the axle bounces, the drive shaft bounces, the transmission bounces and therefore the shift lever bounces. All this is happening the body of the car, which is not directly attached to the shift lever, blah, blah, blah, because of the laws of momentum (or one of those physics thingys) is trying to maintain it's position in space and because of that it doesn't necessarily move in sync with the shift lever, etc. It may move because of the bump, but not necessarily in sync with the components mentioned.
Thanks for the reply. How about the sqeaking noise? The vinyl cover rubs itself and makes the sound. Do you hear that? I didn't hear that sound before. How to get rid of the sound?
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Originally Posted by Snake8
Thanks for the reply. How about the sqeaking noise? The vinyl cover rubs itself and makes the sound. Do you hear that? I didn't hear that sound before. How to get rid of the sound?
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