Shift lever

Can you tell us if the shifter is solid or hollow tube??

My Westernstar is solid and I heated it red hot then bent it to my liking. No prob. I bent mine under the boot so can't tell it was heated.

 

Well if it is solid you would have no issues heating till cherry red and bending it to suit.

 

Hated the one I had in the kw t660 and my friend and i heated it up until it was red and bent it where I wanted it. Talk about a difference it made. But yeah you could bend it doesn't take much effort either. Just patience

 

If the air lines go outside the shift lever, it's solid. If the lines are hidden, it's hollow. I've bent and cut down lots of shifters in my day. You don't even have to get it red hot. Never bent a hollow one, but cut about 6 inches off a Freightliner hollow one once. That helped a lot.

 

I bent one years ago in an old "cornbinder" (IH Fleetstar circa 1976) . . . it was solid, heated it cherry red where I wanted the bend and just leaned on it until it was in a better spot to clear the metal console I was installing between the seats.

But, trucks from back then, everything was SOLID metal (and boy did they ride like the springs were SOLID ).

 

What kind of knob do you have that costs $350.00? Must be something really special, we pay $60-70 for the standard 13 or 18 speed knobs.