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      08-30-2012, 08:53 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by davemohan View Post

I would guess that the above comparison is pretty good as it looks like both have the same knob (looks can be deceiving, though) and measured at the same point. But to take it any further you need to standardize the measurement and take the "knob height" out of it.
Perhaps a better way would be to measure it in degrees. Draw a line up your shaft (!) with a dry-erase marker and sit a protractor across the boot edge... should be able to measure the shift angle - then throw distance can be calculated as a function of knob height.
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