Could you try placing some weight into the hollow to see what difference that makes? and how much more does the new one weight over spec?

 

Yes you could. I did think about putting some lead air gun pellets in there, but I bought the cheap one from eBay. Havent weighed the old one. It is very light. The new l
one is 200g. I will order a quality 300g weighted knob

Who has had them replaced under warranty as im trying to eek that out of my dealer at the moment - the change is horrbendous and is getting better.

A few owners over on the MG 6 3 5 Register had them replaced under warranty. Think little chicken on here had his replaced

 

Who has had them replaced under warranty as im trying to eek that out of my dealer at the moment - the change is horrendous and is not getting better.

 

Which knob did yours have Nick? I know the Motorpoint cars differed from car to car.
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I had the older type with the offset numbers. Although the 'newer' ones that are being replaced under warranty were actually fitted to the very early prototype cars. I know a couple of the motorpoint cars were very early 2011 build with the heavier knob.

 

Possibly a little off topic - but why does a heavier gear knob make a difference to the way the gears change? i.e - eliminating crunching gears etc??!

 

That was my thoughts exactly. This is why I bought a cheapy heavy duty gear knob to experiment.

It was my daughters Fiance who said a weighted gear knob will make gear selection smoother. You dont require as much pressure to change gear. He always fits 400g+ gear knobs that he makes him self to his drift cars

He is in University studying this stuff to become a Nascar Technician hopefully

 

I have been trying to get the new knob put on mine but the sales centre are still waiting for a big stock of them, they are ordered but on the slow boat from China

 

Get yourself a better quality one from eBay or similar. The OEM knobs are not the best quality, and once removed you will have to re attach with a jubilee clip. Rubbish design.

Think I will go for this one. It's 290g in weight. The cheapy one I fitted is 200g and the works perfect
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190854314935?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

 

I have one of the new gear knobs on my car. As an estimate it is about four times the weight of the original. The original knob assembly seems very light and plastically compared to the new one.
I was very sceptical and could not see how a heavier knob could make any difference.

But it does.

The first thing I noticed was when I rested my hand on the knob all the previous vibration was no longer there.
First thing in the morning when I change up into second the crunch has now all but disappeared.
All the changes up and down are now very smooth.

But my wife says that she feels no difference.

I can only surmise that the extra weight of the knob effectively damps out the previous slight crunching.

 

On my 13 plate GT I have the newer gear knob and it does feel a lot nicer than my previous 6's plasticky one. Gear change is perfect and no vibration at all. However at one year old the chrome ring looks horrible, it's all worn. I wonder if it's worth putting some chrome cleaner on it as if u keep adding it and rubbing hard then you can remove a layer of the chrome. Don't know if it would work.