How do I remove the factory shift knob?
06-25-2010, 09:44 PM
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How do I remove the factory shift ****? I thought for sure I could just turn the thing! But thats apperently not so, I broke my factory stick trying to turn the thing. Well I bought new stick but I want the factory **** because ALL aftermarket ones suck pure **** covered donkey *** (I honestly dont know how its legal to sell them. Ive never, never had an aftermarket one work! How in the **** are they in business?). I literally stripped out the new one before ever even shifting to a gear... Ive tried two ppl, one holding the stick and one turning the **** to no avail. So how did you guys get the factory **** off?
06-26-2010, 09:55 AM
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Every manual shifter that I have EVER seen, the **** screws on, I believe the pitch on ours is like a 16mmx1.5 or such. If we are talking about a manual shifter the **** screws on. Maybe someone used loctite or some kind of retaining compound, and that would make things extremely difficult or maybe impossible witout the use of heat.
06-26-2010, 05:28 PM
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hold the stick with some channel locks and get someone else to grip the stock **** and just pull in the opposite directions, just be careful because you might fall when that thing finally breaks. Mine looked to have some kind of sealant like mentioned above and was quite difficult to get off.
06-26-2010, 08:40 PM
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RARON445 is correct, the **** screws on and from the factory they use locktite to keep the **** secured. You may try to heat the stick just below the **** with a heat gun and hope the heat migrates up to the treads, if there is that much locktite then you will probably have to use heat to help break it loose. My6speedZ suggestion won't work, trying to pull a threaded **** off would be rather impossible. my $0.02.
06-26-2010, 10:08 PM
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Raron- Thats what I though until my brother bought me a el cheapo walmart shifter **** for xmas and it slides on and has 3 screws the grab onto the stick and a aluminum collar screws on around them to hide the set screws. Wish I wouldn't of gave my brother the stocker for his rat rod, this one is a POS!
OP- it will come off, takes some muscle. I had to use channel locks on the stick and turn it and the know opposite ways from each other to get it broken loose, its a b!tch but it'll come off.
OP- it will come off, takes some muscle. I had to use channel locks on the stick and turn it and the know opposite ways from each other to get it broken loose, its a b!tch but it'll come off.
06-26-2010, 11:21 PM
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RARON445 is correct, the **** screws on and from the factory they use locktite to keep the **** secured. You may try to heat the stick just below the **** with a heat gun and hope the heat migrates up to the treads, if there is that much locktite then you will probably have to use heat to help break it loose. My6speedZ suggestion won't work, trying to pull a threaded **** off would be rather impossible. my $0.02.
06-26-2010, 11:25 PM
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Yeah the factory **** twists off. It doesn't come off easily though. When I finally pulled mine off I thought I stripped my shifter because the stick moved side to side. I ended up having to take the boot off and tighten the bolts that connect the stick to the top of the tranny because they came loose.
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03-02-2013, 01:56 AM
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I just bought a short shift stick for my 2000 3.8 firebird 5-speed, like I did for my 01 Ws6, but apparently the shift stick is completely different, I don't remember having this much trouble. I can't get the **** off and the stick just turns with the **** (is that bad?)- plus there's this rubber boot that was under the leather boot and it's screwed down. I'm starting to think this short shift stick may not actually be compatible?!?
03-05-2013, 08:43 AM
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I miss my WS6
As for the short shift stick that I bought, I'll have to find a trans am owner to take it off my hands. 