I installed a B&M short shifter in my GS-R and it rattled. i found out 99% of people with that shifter had the same problem. so i get a skunk2 shifter. well the stock shift knob doesn't fit. I was pissed at that because i thought skunk2 made it so only the skunk2 knob will fit. so i order it anyways. and it finally gets here and it doesn't fit right either. so i call up the place where i bought it to see what's up. and they say they get a call about that alot. after skunk makes the threads they spray a coating over the whole thing. so they say it will fit i just have toi get the knob on once it it will go off and on all day. so i try that it goes down a little and won't move anymore. so i try to back it off and it won't come off either. thats where i am now and oh yea the skunk2 shifter rattles too not as loud but it still does. **** B&M and **** skunk2 :madfawk:

 

As far as my experience goes with short shifters, it seems like all after market shifters rattle....it just sucks.

 

Sparco shift knobs will fit...atleast mine does...i just put mine in and it doesnt rattle at all...altho i took my heat shields off as well

 

Most of them don't rattle for the first few months...my shifter started rattling after about 4 months

 

who is installing these shifters for you? i installed mine with neuspeed bushings and they never made any noise.

 

I believe it is caused by bad bushings

 

I also have a Skunk2 shifter. I also had the problem with my shift knob not fitting on the shifter. I have the skunk2 shift knob as well. I thought the shiftknob would be a perfect fit with the shifter, since they are from the same company, but it didnt fit. I called the place where i bought the shift knob from and they said the same thing about the coating that acuradriva had mentioned. They told me to put a little muscle into it and it should fit. After doing that, i decided that coating the thread on my shifter and my shiftknob with some grease should make it easier to screw the shiftknob on. It worked. So i suggest if you are unable to screw the shift knob on, put some grease on the thread of the shifter and shiftknob, and it should fit.

 

i got the shift knob off. my brother and dad are machinists so my brother is gonna bring home a tool and rethread it to the right size.

 

i installed the skunk2 short shifter w a friend and it doesn't rattle at all.. i also have the skunk2 shift knob and this is what i did to get it on. at first it wouldn't go so i tightened it down til it stopped and then backed it off and i kept on doing this pushing it down a little bit further and finally it went on all the way. just try working with it

 

or put paint remover on a rag and just take the coat that they put on the shifter off of it and put the knob on the easy way