DIY-install shift knob
10-03-2007, 12:00 PM
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I must being a complete idiot.... these write ups on how to do a simple mod like remove a shift **** are great but something just isn't going in my favor!
no matter what i do the damn thing just wont come off! it feels like its welded on!!! despite the waste cloth, the shaft is getting chewed up from the vise grip and the **** isnt budging.
i wanna throw the new **** through a window....
any words of advice?
no matter what i do the damn thing just wont come off! it feels like its welded on!!! despite the waste cloth, the shaft is getting chewed up from the vise grip and the **** isnt budging.
i wanna throw the new **** through a window....
any words of advice?
10-03-2007, 12:16 PM
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Use a pipe wrench, if you don't mind chewing up your OEM shift ****. That wrench is made to get corroded metal pipes apart, you'll get that thing off in 5 seconds. That's what I did with mine. Just make sure you get a good grip on the bar below so it doesn't turn it with vice grips.
10-11-2007, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by usmanasif
Here's what the '06 FSM suggests:
heres something else i found pretty helpful:
http://www.*********.com/zwiki/Tutor...nd_Replacement
10-14-2007, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by TenTilFour
So do I place the vice gribs on the rubber that covers the shaft underneath the console? I lifted it up and pushed the cotton aside but there's rubber covering the entirety of the shaft and I don't feel like the vice grab would sufficiently grab the linkage enough.
someone help please
10-14-2007, 11:05 AM
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Ok here we go.
It finally worked.
For those with the rubber thing over the shaft: just roll it down to expose the shaft. What i did then was i wrapped around 25 rubber bands on both sides of the vice grips. THIS WORKS GREAT! after that, i just attached them on the shaft. I used channel-locks on the ****, double wrapped a towel around it. And then i just twisted the ****. The vice grips held on the to the shaft perfectly. Here are some pics:
It finally worked.
For those with the rubber thing over the shaft: just roll it down to expose the shaft. What i did then was i wrapped around 25 rubber bands on both sides of the vice grips. THIS WORKS GREAT! after that, i just attached them on the shaft. I used channel-locks on the ****, double wrapped a towel around it. And then i just twisted the ****. The vice grips held on the to the shaft perfectly. Here are some pics:
10-17-2007, 04:18 PM
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I had a Hell of a time removing mine :)
Nothing on this forum seemed to rmove my shift **** so i resorted to TWO vice grips and brute force. My OEM shift **** is now destroyed but i got the new one on and car is fine!!!!!! here ya go check out this one.
03-06-2008, 06:27 PM
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Just installed my shift **** and it was really easy, but I somehow managed to get my hand all cut up.
I didn't want to damage my OEM ****, so I twisted it off by hand, but I somehow managed to cut myself in the process. I went for a test drive right after and noticed my hand was wet. It's already dark out, so I didn't realize it was blood at first. Not sure what I cut myself on though.
I didn't want to damage my OEM ****, so I twisted it off by hand, but I somehow managed to cut myself in the process. I went for a test drive right after and noticed my hand was wet. It's already dark out, so I didn't realize it was blood at first. Not sure what I cut myself on though.
03-23-2008, 12:42 PM
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i have an 04 touring and have been trying the wrench with the towel trick and nada...dont wanna break anything but z's are foreign to me! help! i saw there is a diff with models so anyone do this to their 04? or do i have to just put some stank on it
03-24-2008, 03:51 PM
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Damn, I jus got a Nismo shifter for my 06' and am afraid to attempt to put it on! It looks like there is no full proof process.....You either F**K your shifter or not....lol
03-31-2008, 08:31 AM
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I installed my Nismo shifter this weekend, it was not that bad. Used the vice grip and wrench to remove the stock ****. Thanks to this write up it was pretty simple.....Love the new shifter, makes for the some clean shifting~~
