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how do u install the dpe shift ****??

 

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?

 

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.

 

thats pretty good.
heres something else i found pretty helpful:
http://www.*********.com/zwiki/Tutor...nd_Replacement

 

yeah i tried to change mine today and it has that rubber there... i took the console thing off and then moved the filler pad down but theres rubber over the shaft and its the rubber that covers the shifter assembly. it goes all the way up to the ****. i cant get a good grip on the shaft with that rubber there and i cant move the rubber down to expose the shaft... i dont know what to do. i tried to force the **** but i gave up because i thought i would torque the shaft.

someone help please

 

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:

 

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.

 

Is the thread size 10mm or 12mm?

 

10mm

 

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 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

 

i actually took an air chisel to mine to get it off....lol. It's in like 5 pieces right now.

 

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

 

dealer took mine off today for freeee!

 

My 08 came off pretty easy. Just had to use a vice grip and wrench, and pull hard. Now if you want a real challenge, replace your break handle. That was fun.

 

i have an 04 and mine twisted off. i just needed to use a bit of force.

 

Gonna try and get mine on this weekend!! Wish me luck.....lol

 

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~~

 

changed mine as well... my stock 03 **** is ruined