New shift knob, Any ideas on ripping old one off!

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Jul 30, 2001 | 04:10 PM

BlackMax2k1

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I just bought a AE shift ****. I was wondering
what you guys thought was the best way to get the old
one off!

Jul 30, 2001 | 04:12 PM

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It unscrews. But its a pain to get off. It has locktite in it. What you need to do is wrap the handle with a thick towel, then get a PIPE wrench and wrap it around the shifter. It will come loose. Mine did without hurting the stock one.

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I just bought a AE shift ****. I was wondering
what you guys thought was the best way to get the old
one off!

Jul 30, 2001 | 04:17 PM

BlackMax2k1

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It unscrews. But its a pain to get off. It has locktite in it. What you need to do is wrap the handle with a thick towel, then get a PIPE wrench and wrap it around the shifter. It will come loose. Mine did without hurting the stock one.

Does it screw off clockwise or counter?

Jul 30, 2001 | 04:24 PM

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LOL. Leftie=loosie Righty=tightie

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Does it screw off clockwise or counter?

Jul 30, 2001 | 04:42 PM

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Thanks, I remembered that but sometimes they thread
it backwards. I don't have a pipe wrench. I just used
a robogrip and that didn't work. Do you think you can heat
up the loctite or something?

Jul 30, 2001 | 05:10 PM

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Hey BlackMax2k1, you were reading my mind today. I was wondering the same exact thing. I am thinking about buying the AE shift **** (like the look and feel), and thought I'd mess around with seeing just how tight the stock one is on. Man, that thing is on there like a rock. I don't want to risk damaging the threads if that is likely to happen, so if anyone knows a good way of taking it off (saw through the **** ??) I would appreciate the help.

Later.