Re: [DML] remove shif knob (WOOHOO!)

["Mike Walsh" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ryan - you were right on. I knew that nut was there but for some reason I
was not thinking it was tightened against the knob's nut (careful, I am
talking about the car now!). With a 13mm wrench on that nut, and a pipe
wrench on the knob (thanks Rob) I was able to get it off.

On the threads and inside the knob there were the remnants of some kind of
contact cement. It looks like the prev owner had tried to make sure it would
not come off.

Thanks everyone for all the replies

Mike Walsh
#17084
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan Wright" <ryanpwright@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [DML] remove shif knob


> Unless the previous owner did something weird (glued/welded it on?),
> it just screws off. This is a 5 speed, right?
>
> Grab the leather and pull it down a bit, it should expose a pair of
> nuts just below the shift knob. Loosen the lower nut (move it further
> away from the shift knob), then the upper if you can get a wrench on
> it. The shift knob should then spin off freely.
>
> -Ryan
>
> On 7/25/05, Mike Walsh <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I have not seen this question before but I have tried a few times to
> > get the shift knob off. I have had a stainless one since before I even
> > got the car.
> >
> > The knob won't budge and I don't want to damage anything in doing it -
> > any suggestions?
> >
> > Mike Walsh
> > #17084





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