Good info, I’m not interested in using locktite so looking for the best way to go with the stock shifter. The leather got slightly damaged getting the oe knob off with a strap wrench even using a towel and separately a silicone grip sheet. Brown thread lock was used in production. Not the worst...
so question... I think my knob might be slightly different and pics would be worth a thousand words.... I have a 5/8” x 1/8” rubber washer that doesn’t meet the gap between the adapter nut and top of the shift knob, in fact 2 of those don’t, so at more than a quarter inch gap to cover, what kind...