I just got my AE shifter **** today and I was wondering how to get the old **** off without damaging it? Do i just unscrew it? It's really hard to get it off!

Any help is appreciated.

 

good Q..

free bump

 

You just unscrew your original m/t **** off *** if you were twisting off a cap.. It's gonna be really tight so you might need to wrap like a wrench in a towel to grip it and just turn counter-clockwise.

 

is it the same with regular 2k m/t ****? I tried hard, but was afraid to twist the shifter mechanism

 

Yeah u gotta turn it hard as anything. Turn to the left
Dont be afraid, there is nothing u can brake while doing this

 

Yeah, thats what I thought I had to do, but I couldn't find a pipe wrench in my garage last night. I'll go try it.

Thanks guys

 

Hehe...only your hands.

Make sure any "wrench" you use is heavily wrapped or you risk damaging it.

 

That thing is on TIGHT!!! I tip my hat to you if you can get it off without damaging it. I had to basically cut mine off. It is not as easy as it looks. Get some elbow grease!!!

 

use a strap wranch... it will do the job... just go to sear.. buy it... twist your shift **** off.. then return it..

 

i did that with jackstands

 

I used one of those vise grip wrenches to unscrew the ****. Just like others said, make sure you wrap the **** with a towel or you will damage it. I put a few scrathes on mine.

 

I tried the vise grip with a towel over the **** and still scratched the hell out of it. So I said since the **** is pretty much ruined, I'll try the vise grips without the towel... Still can't get the damn thing off!!! Maybe I'll stop by Sears...

 

Don't waste your time. Cut it off and get a new ****. I couldn't get mine off with a strap wrench either.

 

I did end up starting to cut it off. I cut off the leather cover, but now there's the hard rubber under it that I've been hacking away at with a utility knife. And then I cut my hand with the damn thing! It finally stopped bleeding.
When you cut it off, how did you do it? Hack saw?

HELP!!

 

IIRC, there are two layers of rubber. Once you get through that, there is a little plastic "cap" that's screwed on to the gear stick. That's not hard to screw off. So, all I can say is keep cutting . It took me about 45 minutes to get it off and I used a flathead screwdriver. BTW, Max_Gator was there laughing his a$$ off at me.

 

drill.

drill a small hole in the center of the **** straight down. try to line it up with the center of where the metal shaft should be. it should fly thru the soft stuff. when you hit resistance, that's the shaft. stop. then just squirt some liquid wrench down there.

go watch the college tourney for a bit and come back to finish it off.

 

No, I was laughing WITH you not AT you.

Of course, you didn't bother to tell them that you decided to attempt to take off the **** at the track! But they were making us wait, and you did have your STS, and I did tell you I'd help . . . lol.

 

Got mine off with vise grips as well, only scratched it a little. Do they locktite these things on or something?

 

DAMN! I have a friend that likes to buy expensive gifts for our birthdays, I thought she was going to get me this Titanium Nismo Shift ****...no go but I did get a total ricer Nismo License plate, and a Nismo Key chain...cool stuff...but none of it adds HP...

oh well, the point I'm trying to make is, I was looking forward to using everyone's advice to get the stock shift **** off...that thing was NICE!



-vq

 

 

Well I finally got it off. I cut through the rubber down to the plastic cap, and used vise grips to unscrew that. My AE **** is on and I'm happy, but my left hand is messed up. I have a deep cut and I think I have carpal tunnel in that wrist from waxing the car last week. It doesn't feel right.

 

haha...cool man...my damn **** was glued on...i had to take a tourch to it and heat up the platic after i cut the damn thing...
took me 6 hours to get that off...glue sucks

 

6hrs???? maybe some 15mol acetone would work.

 

Mine was glued on, too...I had to cut, and then strap wrench it...I have had nothing but problems removing any nissan shift ****

 

 

Maybe you should get a tetanus shot if you haven't got one in 5 yrs. or more just to be on the safe side.

 

This thread was to funny... mainly because it didn't happen to me!

errrm... cough... yeah.. anyhoo...

 

how come u have to copy off of the "911"?

 

Sorry dude! Didn't know!

Plus, mines 1911.. were not even close They're a thousand off from eachother!

 

didnt notice the 1

 

The problem is that the stock **** is glued on. If you use a little shock with the strap wrench it will snap the glue, then unscrewing is easy.

 

In the future, use a heat gun and a pair of vise grips to remove the ****. There is little chance in removing the **** without damaging it, however.

 

no offense but ur a dumbass! i wouldnt even dare using a saw in my car! or anything that can cause that much damage. try one of sharp knives or use a butcher knife. it'll take time but less chance of collateral damage (that means u might not get hurt!)

 

This is the correct anwser. I had this same problem and with the use of a $5 strap wrench it came off with little resistance. I then returned the strap wrench and got my $5 back.

 

Oh, ok dufus. Yeah, a butcher knife...why didn't I think of that!

 

I suggest that you use a long sword like the one used in Braveheart!





or get one of your ninja friends to 'go crazzzzzy' on the ****!

 

I'm sure you can use a blowtorch without any complications.