Do I unscrew it clockwise or counterclockwise to remove the shiftknob? I'm going to cut it. I don't want to struggle only to tighten it. haha. thanks!

 

i believe its like any other, lefty loosey. put a rag around it to keep it from getting messed up, then put some muscle into it. never had problems getting a shift **** off

 

if ur gonna cut it off why bother to take it off.

 

Good point. I figure if I ever wanted to use it again, it'll be a lot easier to unscrew it when the shaft is attached to the car rather than having to vice the clamp or something. No point having the shift **** attached to a stub.

 

i think its easier to work on when the **** is off... IMO of course

 

It's a Bish. Just put some ass into it. Don't be a puss. Counterclockwise man. You wont break the shifter trust me.

 

does it come from the factory with blue thread lock on it?

 

i used a bar clamp with rubberpads on it to get mine off

 

I've been trying to get my **** off for the first time too and I stopped when I put so much force that the Shifter, NOT the **** start twisting. Is this normal? Did I damage the shifter? Do I just need to keep twisting past this point until the **** comes undone? Help please! I really don't want to go pay some guy at a shop a ton of money for such a simple STS mod!

-Rowan

 

the shifter should have some play in it, and rotate slightly...but i wouldnt do that to hard. What i recomend is grab the shifter with a rubber pad (sold a lot of places, made for the kitchen, to help take off jar tops), and keep it straight while twisting off the **** itself. If you have two rubber pads, even better

 

Thanks. I just cut it off, and put on my new shift ****. It's so much more fun with the short throw...I'm not driving a truck anymore! haha.

 

well good job man im glad it worked out and you're happy with it now.

 

Taking the **** off is pretty damn easy, grip and turn. It might take a while before the **** comes off but keep turning, it'll come off. The thread is way up there in the shift ****.

 

Ha.....I twisted like all get out on mine..........wouldnt come off...even tride vise grips. Ended up twisting the leather right off the thing........I was like whoo hoo its turning...then the leather fell off and there sat an ugly sticky plastic shift ****. I tried everything, rags, rubber, vise grips you name it......to no avail...

 

Try turning it clockwise first to loosing the **** and jiggle it around.

 

lol i bet he tried turning it clockwise wariow. well infinitiblast, i hope you werent attached to that old ****. Since its already messed up, you try a vice or lock grip pliars on the ball itself? That would more likely work, and be easier if you held the shifter shaft itself with a rubber pad. i cant think why your's is so tough

 

Clockwise.............thats almost an insult...lol. No I didnt turn it clockwise...lefty loosey..righty tighty.
Oh I know why mine was so tuff....when it was finally off....after some seriouse mutilation...there was some glue that looked like liquid nails in there...similar to what they use on construction sites.
Oh well...doesnt matter that was way back when...just figured I would post my story

 

I removed mine with a vise grip. Not the prettiest way to remove it but I was not going to use the **** again anyway. My firends at the NIssan dealer say that they rearely remove one without some damage to it due to the glue that is used at the factory.....

 

i havent taken off a nissan shift **** yet, but i havent heard of anyone using glue stock. they may have used thread lock locking compound, but why glue

 

My son and I removed his off his 98, and that **** was on there. I wrapped his with a rag, and still did a little damage to the leather, I tried to grip his real low on the ****, also the suggestion of turning it clockwise first is a good one, to break the glue, then turn it counter-clockwise, to remove it. You might want to tap around it with a hammer, you just need to break the seal of the glue, then it will twist right off.
Try to use a tool with alot of leverage, long handled pliers work nice.

Don

 

quit playing with your **** and do something constructive

It is NEARLY impossible to get the stock **** off without doing damage...Possible but not likely

 

yea, besides the beating off comment, you are generally right. I dont know why they feel the need to make it that secure

 

hahaha....yep righty=tighty, lefty=loosey. I use the same saying. i had to take mine off with a wrench. it was hard as ****. Then i cut mione and slaped on a ricer ****!