Shifter knob removal :6spd

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Mar 10, 2006 | 11:01 PM

sothpaw2

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Shifter **** removal :6spd

One last task, if it's easy--and I don't think this is in the Shop Manual--

How do you get the 6spd shifter **** off? LT1 6spd.

Thanks

Mar 10, 2006 | 11:30 PM

FELNGR8

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Originally Posted by sothpaw2

One last task, if it's easy--and I don't think this is in the Shop Manual--

How do you get the 6spd shifter **** off? LT1 6spd.

Thanks

With a screw driver you gently pry off the plastic cover (contains the pattern) in the middle of the ****. Then you look down inside and see a key in a slot of the shifter. Pull out the key with pliers and unscrew the shifter ****.

Don't bonk your head when you pull out the key!

Mar 10, 2006 | 11:32 PM

Jerris

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If the pliers don't work, grab it with a vice grip and pry the vicegrip with a screwdriver then unscrew the ****.

Mar 11, 2006 | 12:01 AM

Movnviolation

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I took an old screwdriver and bent the tip in a 90 degree. It pops the key right out. I am always in the console so I left the key out. The **** does not move!

Mar 11, 2006 | 12:30 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jerris

If the pliers don't work, grab it with a vice grip and pry the vicegrip with a screwdriver then unscrew the ****.

To add, the safest and easiest way is to clamp with some small vise grips and gently tap in an upward direction with a hammer. You won't bonk yourself in the head nor will you put your fist through the roof.