Extra260

Went to pull my shifter **** and I found the pin that holds it was destroyed by someone previous. Not much left to get visegrips on. Any suggestions? Guess I should have asked before buying

jamieo

I probably have an extra shifter if you can't get the pin out.4 bolts to remove and then swap it out.You will likely ruin the **** trying to remove the pin.Been there before.

Extra260

Just my luck! Bought it for the nice **** and boot.

wamara

Maybe try drilling out what's left of the pin? Or if you can take the shifter out and access the shift lever from the underside (it's sort of a hollow tube), maybe you could punch out the pin from below? Just a few random thoughts.... Good luck.

VetteNoob

Drill it. Tap it. Put a bolt in it. Grab the bolt with visegrips and tap it out that way.

Extra260

Hopefully there is enough meat in the pin to give that a try.

Mark

onspeed

Maybe easier to glue/JB weld something to the top of the pin

neutron82

this is more along what I was thinking... I would take the shifter out and put it in a vice upside down and use a punch and hammer to knock the pin out... if the shifter is stock you might even consider just buying an aftermarket shifter, the stock one is pretty crappy in my opinion

jackthelad

I had the same problem - found that the pin was battered and would not come out. Popped the gaiter out, removed the whole assembly and attacked it on the bench.

In the end I had to cut the **** off. I found that the pin had been hammered home out of alignment and had royally screwed up the top of the lever - widening the slot, so jamming everything. I cut the lever off just below the damage, and threaded it all the way down to the vibration/noise insulator.

Added a new screw on Hurst cue ball ****, and done. Looks much better than that truck **** they came with, plus you get a (slightly) shorter shift throw, due to the shorter lever.

Only special item needed is a 9/16 18 tpi die - about $10 from the big mail order place, and a new **** - many of them out there to choose from.

Extra260

Worked like a champ! I didn't think there was enough meat in the pin but it turned out there was plenty. Now on to the next project!!!!!

Thanks For all the suggestions

Mark