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04-28-2013, 02:13 PM
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Drives: 2011 Convertible Camaro 2SS/RS Auto Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: MN
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Paddle shifter assistance
Looking for ideas. I replaced the stock nubs with the paddle shifters. Left side came off fairly easy and installed ok, but right side was a bear. Needless to say I warped the little hole on the bottom. It works ok if I only pull the center, but wants to come off if I use the top or bottom of the paddle. Any suggestions on how to repair the small opening?
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04-28-2013, 04:28 PM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro LLT/RS Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Plano, TX
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You can just get a pair of pliers and slightly stretch out the part of the paddles that pops into the steering wheel hole. By stretching them out it makes it so the paddles can stay in place better. I had the same problem and that's what Vitesse said to do
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04-29-2013, 09:19 AM
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Drives: 2011 Convertible Camaro 2SS/RS Auto Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: MN
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Awesome- thanks
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04-29-2013, 05:48 PM
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Drives: 2011 2LT/RS, 65 Mustang GT Fastback Join Date: Oct 2009
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This happened to me also when I installed my paddle shifters. Once that small tab is broken on the button even stretching out the shifter housing will not help as it will keep popping off or be really hard to depress. I fixed mine by replacing the paddle button, and making sure I did not break the tab when putting on the paddle shifters. On a side note, now that the paddle shifters are on they are awesome. Good luck.
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04-29-2013, 05:58 PM
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Drives: 2011 Summit White 2LS Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Los Angeles
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I've been driving around with one paddle for the past 6 months because one side kept falling out. Hopefully there's a fix.
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05-11-2013, 08:58 PM
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Drives: 2011 Convertible Camaro 2SS/RS Auto Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: MN
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Have an e-mail out to Ahmed, but looking for options or am I screwed!
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05-11-2013, 08:59 PM
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Drives: 2011 Convertible Camaro 2SS/RS Auto Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: MN
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Any way to fix this?
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05-12-2013, 10:10 AM
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Drives: 2011 Convertible Camaro 2SS/RS Auto Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: MN
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Anyone aware of a filler I could use, sand, and re-drill the hole?
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05-12-2013, 06:00 PM
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Drives: 2011 Convertible Camaro 2SS/RS Auto Join Date: Aug 2011
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Ahmed provided a fix. Take two pliers and ever so gingerly widen the two sides of the paddle by the pins. Be careful to only widen slightly. Hope this helps someone else.
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05-12-2013, 06:10 PM
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Drives: 2011 Convertible Camaro 2SS/RS Auto Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: MN
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Silly me, I just realized that this is what they were trying to say in previous post. What threw me was "stretch out". I thought they were saying stretch out the little pins by squeezing with the pliers, but they were really saying widen the two side walls. Anyway they are fixed!
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