graearea Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 (edited) no, me neither. I thought I was gonna do myself a right whoopsie trying to reach my heater knob whilst in my 6-point harness. The original knob is about 25mm in length so I made myself a bigger knob. in fact, I've now got 2 knobs. a big (50mm, shown above) one and an uber (70mm) one for people with arms like a T-Rex. they're PETG and so they'll take the heat under the dash and they have a brass insert (just like the original) but they are much longer. black only, I could probably do you a custom 100mm one, but I reckon the 70mm looks massive in my hands. as usual, order on uberniche.co.uk any complaints about my copy to kennethwillliams@1970s-british-tv.com please. Merry Christmas J Edited December 24, 2023 by graearea forgot photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM25T Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Easy fix here with a hex spacer bar ... M5 male one end and M5 female the other, using the original knob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GulfSeven Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Yep - it's quite a stretch with a standard knob... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heptagon Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 You have a heater in your Caterham, wow what is the world coming to, there’ll be heated seats next 😉 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GulfSeven Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 (edited) I wouldn't be without it on an early morning spring drive to a trackday! Edited December 24, 2023 by GulfSeven 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative paul richards Posted December 24, 2023 Area Representative Share Posted December 24, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, SM25T said: Easy fix here with a hex spacer bar ... M5 male one end and M5 female the other, using the original knob. Yes Ian. A better and cheap solution. They are called “Standoffs” if anyone is searching for them. Are you sure they are M5. From memory I think you need M4. Best to check first. Edited December 24, 2023 by paul richards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted December 24, 2023 Member Share Posted December 24, 2023 (edited) Standoff was M5 in 2010. But which solution adds less mass? : - ) Happy Christmas Jonathan Edited December 24, 2023 by Jonathan Kay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graearea Posted December 24, 2023 Author Share Posted December 24, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, paul richards said: Yes Ian. A better and cheap solution. They are called “Standoffs” if anyone is searching for them. Are you sure they are M5. From memory I think you need M4. Best to check first. you're looking at about a fiver delivered for a couple of steel hex standoffs I wouldn't argue with cheaper, but I think it's not better. I don't want that much metal spike around my knees in a crash. (maybe I should say "yet another" metal spike) I couldn't find any M5 Nylon standoffs either and wouldn't want a plastic thread snapping off inside my knob. happy to hear any solutions tho J Edited December 24, 2023 by graearea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM25T Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Mine was M5 on 2002 car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative paul richards Posted December 24, 2023 Area Representative Share Posted December 24, 2023 1 hour ago, SM25T said: Mine was M5 on 2002 car Ian. I stand corrected. M5 is the right size. I purchased 2 x 50mm long for £6.64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative paul richards Posted December 24, 2023 Area Representative Share Posted December 24, 2023 7 hours ago, graearea said: “I don't want that much metal spike around my knees in a crash. (maybe I should say "yet another" metal spike) “ In the event of a crash I doubt a piece of metal the size of a small pencil will present much of a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 wonders of the world Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 10 hours ago, p.mole1 said: The beauty of riding off road in Europe is the lack of gates, I rode across the Pyrenees and only had to open 2 gates, you lucky to cover 300m in the UK! 11 hours ago, Jonathan Kay said: Standoff was M5 in 2010. But which solution adds less mass? : - ) Happy Christmas Jonathan Remove the heater all together looses a lot of dead mass.... 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayjackson1950 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 I've now filled in the form on "uberniche" twice and haven't heard back. Does anyone have a direct contact as I would prefer the Big Knob, over an extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graearea Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 Hey Ray. sorry, I've been away for the weekend. it's sat on my desk ready to go out in the next day or two. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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