you have the easier year. Even teh nissan dealer told me that. Nissan of apex where i live said that back in 03, they had to take off the **** for some tranny repair and had to rip up plenty of *****. Even their techs couldn't take them off right because the slightest damage, they would have to repair or replace. I guess this is the reason why they changed it on in later years.

 

i used a vise to get a good grip and a strong pair of plier for the shifter ****. Use a rag or something so that you don't damage the finish of the shifter. With plenty of upper body strength and a firm wrist, you shall overcome.

 

I have an 03 and it took a bit of force, but it came off with no issues. I used slightly different tools but nonetheless got it off flawlessly.

 

Why didn't Nissan just make a threaded end to the shifter, so you could just unscrew it? Every other car I've owned you could simply unscrew the ****.

 

I think that it is threaded... the loctite seems to be the problem when trying to unscrew it off...

Anyway, I hope to have better luck. I am about to change my shift **** and boot!!

C.

 

The stock shifter is threaded.

 

I just took mine to the dealer when I got some work done on it, extra $10 to do it, it was worth it b/c i tried for about 30 min with no luck by myself.

 

Mine comes off fine as well

 

do any of you who said its easy (besides the tech), have an 03?

 

the dealers were losing too many shift ***** if the **** comes off too easily from their new cars just by unscrewing. i think that is the reason why they applied loctite in the first place.

 

Thats what I used last year and it worked fine for me. It was tough, but nothing broke. Vice grips on the linkage and cresent wrench on the ****.

 

Yes, an 03

 

Im doing my 07 this weekend. We'll see. I hear that if you park under the sun, it facilitates the whole process.

 

let me know how the install goes on the 07

 

10 mins later.....walk in the park.

 

Spend more time going thru my tool box.

 

Ive taken off my 03' **** and a friend's 03' with no tools, just muscle it off. My GF's 06' was cake...

 

Here my personal experience. Park under the sun for an hour (30mins if your in cali) . Stick fingers south of shift boot under the shift console. Pull up. I use vice pliers. I clamped shifter under foam. Then wrapped towel over oem shift ****. Grabbed my plumber wrench ( although I would recommend something smaller) secure tight over **** and turn counter clock wise. Kinda effortless..maybe it was the huge plumbers wrench. Hope this helps!


Now i got my nismo titanium **** installed...and it only cost me $90 brand new, thanks to George over at Gardena Nissan. Horrible service dept. but got their last ****, for a great deal.

 

those F16/Fast and Furious Toggle switches scream RICE, unless its nos are you that scared youll flick one

 

^^^ let alone the improper shift pattern on the ****!