Please help. Can't take gear shifter off! (~noob)
Originally Posted by Wired 24/7
While I don't doubt that this is possible, it still took a little bit of effort with the 15 inch wrench for me. I think since the factory uses lock-tight thread lock glue or something to that effect, some people's ***** may be on there tighter than other ones.
After I broke it free using the wrench, I finished unscrewing it by hand. And from that point, it was VERY resistant to turning...I had to really use some muscle. BEFORE it was broken free, I don't think mine was movable with my bare hands. I'd still recommend using a wrench, we're talking about 10x more torque at least to help you get the **** off.
After I broke it free using the wrench, I finished unscrewing it by hand. And from that point, it was VERY resistant to turning...I had to really use some muscle. BEFORE it was broken free, I don't think mine was movable with my bare hands. I'd still recommend using a wrench, we're talking about 10x more torque at least to help you get the **** off.
Enough to break it. Maybe my right forearm is just over muscular from over use 
LOL!! 
I broke mine free with my bare hand, strangely enough. It didn't happen immediately, but over time I would just twist it a little while sitting at lights, etc. Eventually, it just popped free.
Maybe I just got lucky. I doubt I'm stronger than the rest of you guys
Maybe I just got lucky. I doubt I'm stronger than the rest of you guys
Originally Posted by vo7848
Need lots of torque?
I took it off with my bare hands.
I took it off with my bare hands.
Some had it, some didn't. Mine wasn't hard to twist off at all... it just turned right away. On another note, i had a friend's old 240sx and that thing, was solid, had to use the two wrenches to break it loose and you could see the remnants (sp?) of the loctite on the thread.
My $0.02...
A friend & I couldn't get our OEM shifters off after we put a JWT flywheel in my Z. In a vice, all we did was seperate the 2 halfs of the shift lever.....
Between the 2 of us, we've built about 1/2 dozen road race cars and have all the tools & probably more than many dealers.
Some ***** are just a b*tch to get off.
So I drive without the 5-6 gate adjusted properly. For now. Saturday we have new EVO shifters to install to replace the SawZall removed OEM shifter rubbers.
We WILL get them off!
A friend & I couldn't get our OEM shifters off after we put a JWT flywheel in my Z. In a vice, all we did was seperate the 2 halfs of the shift lever.....
Between the 2 of us, we've built about 1/2 dozen road race cars and have all the tools & probably more than many dealers.
Some ***** are just a b*tch to get off.
So I drive without the 5-6 gate adjusted properly. For now. Saturday we have new EVO shifters to install to replace the SawZall removed OEM shifter rubbers.
We WILL get them off!
mine would just turn and turn without coming loose. it wasn't until i read further down the install thread that i learned the shifter has to me stabilized while turning the ****. once i did that, it came right off. i highly recommend a strap wrench for the ****. my stock **** had some battle scars from the pipe wrench approach, even with the padding applied.
I kinda can't visualize how it'd be able to just keep turning without loosening. Was the whole shifter shaft spinning along with it? Or... i guess, the question first is, the shifter, how is it installed on the car underneath. Underneath as in under the actual car by the transmission. Cuz i mean it can't be good if that whole shifter was just spinning around.
just the **** was rotating on the shifter. it was awhile ago, but iirc, there's a tiny sleeve of some sort btwn the **** and threaded part of the shifter. stabilizing the shifter somehow allowed me to break the seal btwn the **** and the sleeve. does that make sense?
i know zero about how the shifter is installed, only the ****. i think the shifter's changed from underneath the car, but i could be wrong.
i know zero about how the shifter is installed, only the ****. i think the shifter's changed from underneath the car, but i could be wrong.
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