Yup, no damn way I’m taking this all back apart for that washer. I could see how you could bend a light sheet metal bracket over the end of that tophat and then run it around the sides so you end up putting the two (of four) driver’s side 10mm screws that hold the shifter down through the sheet metal.

It’s actually not a bad idea given the rim of the tophat does its own job holding the shift arms in place and the cap does its own job of holding the spring in. So even if the cap separates from the rim (super common), it’ll still be doing its job and much better so than if just relying on the driver’s side dash board to hold it on like most people. And even if the spring punched through the tophat, the sheet would be enough to largely keep it in place.

Hell, maybe even something I can convince Ken to make and sell......


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