Alright, i've looked over this site for like 30 minutes trying to find out how to "secure the bottom rod" to get the shift **** off.


I've been WRENCHING on this thing to get it to turn, and having someone else hold a pair of vice grips on the "bottom rod".....it just wraps the ****ing rubber boot around!!!! what the hell am i doing wrong?!!?!?!?!?!?

 

Stop what you are doing...do you have a piece of rubber hose around the bottom rod while the vice grip is on it?

 

the more i keep searching on here the more i think i messed my car up and wanna see if it will even shift now but....


I have a pair of channel locks(my mistake) on the actual rubber part of the boot closest to leather boot. I have a towel and another pair of channel locks on the shift ****.....


it has already been twisted around before i realized i was twisting the rubber boot, did I just **** my transmission up?

 

Dude..I dunno but the instructions for my NISMO shift **** says not to force it because you can damage the transmission.

 

it has red lock tight on it from the factory, just get some channel locks on **** and give it a good crank, just make sure its in neutral.

 

It isnt that hard, just make sure you can see the rod and that only the **** is turning. Most people just **** up their original **** because it is hard to get enough force on it without putting the channel locks on it directly. Your tranny is probably fine.

 

I didnt buy a shiftknob until I tested mine to see if I could just take it off by hand. Luckily it took just a simple twist..but as per your experience some aint so fortunate.

 

I had to destroy my stock **** to get it off, lol. But I made damn sure the actual shifter rod was not twisting in the process

 

yea the original shift **** is ****ed now..... when you guys got yours off, did you get underneath both rubber boots? Because mine is NOT coming off.....it twists and i can turn it, and the metal rod right by the ball socket isnt moving, i know that for sure.....but when i turn the **** it just keeps turning, along with the rubber boots.....it doesnt get any easier to turn or anything at all, it doesn't seem to just pop and have it come lose.....if no one has any idea i guess i'm taking it to nissan....uggghhh

 

sleeper832 ... I PM you

 

this is what happened to mine after i threw it in the grass because i was mad at the outcome.

 

^ LOL, mine looked quite similar when I removed it.

 

holy ****

 

u PM me?

 

I used vice grips on the lever and towel and big *** crescent wrench on the base of the ****. It was a pain but it came off fine with a ton of effort. No damage at all.

How much stronger is red (extra strength) loctite compared to the blue?

 

mine just twisted off with ease.

 

blue is for things you can break open with power by hand. Not too strong.

Red is more for things like flywheel bolts, automotive bolts, etc. It will take vibration better as well. It takes more than 250 degrees C to loosen.

 

Mine was a ****** to get off..

But I didnt destroy my oem shift ****.

 

Is your Z an 03? It seems that those are generally the hardest to remove the shift ***** on. I know mine was a huge huge huge PITA to remove. It took me and a few friends a lot of effort. I messed up the stock shift **** in the process (not as bad as the pic above) and even messed up the actual shifter a little bit . Fortunately everything ended up just fine. Just twist as hard as you can.

 

oh wow never thought it was that much trouble