Are you thinking of Helicoils?
It will probably require drilling and retapping the knob, to the next larger
SAE thread.
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 3/31/10 1:00 PM, Barrie Robinson at barrie@look.ca wrote:
> I got a beautiful gear shift knob from Larry Heaps who can be found
> on www.britcot.com - it was for my under restoration Aston. But, as
> usual, Brit threads are different and it will not fit. The gear
> shift thread is 5/16 with 22 pitch, the knob is slightly larger than
> 5/16 with bigger thread. There are some inserts one can get but I am
> damned if I can remember the name and what they do. Can someone help
> here please? - Thanks in advance for responses.
>
> I tried plumbers tape and that was hopeless.
>
> Regards
>
> Barrie
> barrie@look.ca
> (705) 721-9060
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