"Prometheus" wrote: (clip)if it splits, then I'll check out the hardware
store on Monday (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
My solution will also require you to wait 'til the stores open after the
holiday. That's OK--enjoy the holiday. Loc-tite and Permatex both sell kits
for repairing stripped threads. It's a two-part epoxy system, with a
special release agent that you spray on the threads. You apply the mixed
resin in the hole and on the threads, and then just shove it together.
After it is cured, just unscrew it. In your case, you wouldn't even have to
do that until you are ready to sell the car and want to keep the knob.

You may be pioneering into a new way to make money as a turner--get a booth
at a car show and sell custom knobs.