This will save you time at the hardware store.

I couldn't find a thread chaser so I settled on this Hanson die that I found at Ace Hardware. It comes in a yellow rubber sleeve with the label "3/8 1-7/16NPT HEX". Part number is 7004.

Chopping a full inch off the shift handle does make a nice little improvement

 

just take the stick into the hardware store and buy a nut to go over the stick before you cut it......much cheaper and alot easier

 

I appreciate the fact that you guys are trying to share some hints to make people lives easier, so here's another low budget tip. One of the many ways to skin the cat

You can clean up the end threads using a small triangular file. File a 45 degree bevel all around the circumfreremce of the end. Then use the 60 degree edge of the file to clean out the roots of the thread where the cut pushed the crest over.

I prefer to hand file threads because the nut method mentioned above can still leave a tight fit. Especially with something soft like an aluminum shift **** on a streel thread where a burr could tear or gall it and cause interference.

That die you listed may have been 'close enough' but it isn't actually the right metric thread (16x1.5 i beleive). Dies are expensive, especially metric ones.

Plus, 1 good triangular file can handle metric and imperial threads of all sizes

-brent