shift knob removal
This may seem like an idiotic thing to ask, but how the hell di you remove the manual shift knob? I turned on the damn thing even while holding the stick as hard as I could until I felt like I was gonna break something. Help a noob out.
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Re: shift knob removal
Search it man. Take a heat gun and heat up the knob, then you should be able to pull it off the shaft.
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Tried searching, but the search box is broke in my browser for some reason.
So it pulls of or screws off? |
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take a ball joint remover fork, stick it under the knob, and smack it with a mall. May take several hits, but will come off. The end of the shifter has splines, not threads. This will work.
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A ball joint fork on you're knob sounds a bit sadistic to me......
I was just going to search for this very question. I want to remove the boot and the knob to heat up the shift lever and bend it back so I don't have to sit up to reach 1st, 3rd and OD. Larry |
I know in my 02 I used an industrial heat gun there is almost like a putty holding it on that has to melt before the sucker will even budge, then take the ball joint tool, this makes it much easier
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I had the hardest time- after peelong off the rubber shell, and breaking away the molded plastic ball I was still left with the aluminum core stubbornly stuck on the end of the stick shift.
I used the wrench-and-hammer method for 3 days before being reminded I had a creme brulee torch in the pantry. About two to three minutes of direct heat where the knob met the shaft and the remaining plastic melted a bit and it pulled right off. The new knob I have is threaded, so I will epoxy some threaded rod to the hollow shifter rod to make it changeable for the future. |
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Take the shifter off. There is a slightly weird screw/bolt at the bottom of the shifter. Then use ball joint fork and a hammer. Pops right off.
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