Installing C6 shifter, have small problem

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Feb 8, 2006 | 10:42 PM

mkiv808

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Installing C6 shifter, have small problem

The metal "key" in the stock shift ****. I CANNOT pry it out. Even broke a couple chunks off just trying to get it to budge. Im at a loss, any suggestions?

Feb 8, 2006 | 10:47 PM

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I put the biggest pair of vise grips I could get on the "key". Then I pulled and wiggled it back and forth and then I pulled and wiggled it back and forth and pulled and wiggled and pulled and wiggled and pulled and wiggled and pulled and wiggled and pulled and wiggled and pulled and wiggled and pulled and wiggled and pulled and wiggled and after a while it came out!

Feb 8, 2006 | 10:54 PM

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dunbindun(tov) Just Pm'd me today this very same problem.. he used a pair of needle-nosed pliers with a 1/4-20 bolt in the back of them instead of the normal screw... Then he put a socket on the bolt (BEFORE he screwed it into the pliers and he used the socket as a sort of slide hammer to remove the DEMON pin... Make sense?

You need to be able to use a pulling type force on the pin to unlock the wedge...

Feb 8, 2006 | 10:59 PM

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I used locking plyers (vice grips?) to pull mine out. It took a few tries to get it to clamp on good enough to pry against it.

Once I had the grips on as tight as I could, I used a screw driver horizontally and lifted upwards, using the **** as leverage (with a folded hand towel and another screwdriver under it to prevent damaging the ****.

-a

Feb 8, 2006 | 11:27 PM

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Does anyone know the link to the C6 installation thread? I cant find it.

Feb 8, 2006 | 11:32 PM

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You should be able to use the installation info from a C5, yes? Since they are interchangable...

Or am I missing something? Good luck, let us know how it goes, OK?

Feb 8, 2006 | 11:32 PM

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Got it. The only thing I dont really understand is where the neutral pin is on the shifter.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1022661

Feb 8, 2006 | 11:33 PM

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You should be able to use the installation info from a C5, yes? Since they are interchangable...

Or am I missing something? Good luck, let us know how it goes, OK?

Well, the difference is I have the entire C6 base as well.

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Feb 8, 2006 | 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by mkiv808

The only thing I dont really understand is where the neutral pin is on the shifter.

You mean to adjust the centering of the shifter? I've never installed one or taken one apart... At least not on a C5... but I'd guess a guy could let it settle into the neutral area and then carefully snug the screws and see how it works?? If it's off a bit, run a pencil mark around the edges of the shifter base to help you SEE how much you can move the base to help align it better... then maybe LIGHTLY tap it to one side or the other to help line it up... Make sense??

I hope I'm not off base here.. like I said, I'm guessing.. never touched a C5 shifter before...

Feb 8, 2006 | 11:38 PM

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Well, the difference is I have the entire C6 base as well.

Ohhhhhh sorry... I'm no help...

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Feb 8, 2006 | 11:46 PM

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Got it. The only thing I dont really understand is where the neutral pin is on the shifter.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1022661

I'm thinking that the neutral pin is the small dia (about 1/8 inch) pin that runs at a right angle oput of the shifter and down inot the shaft below.. Looks lik eit helps aliogn the shifter so that you are dead on in neutral... Maybe I'm making it way too easy because it looks that way?? Just trying to help... I'm lost but offering blind support.. I hope it's worth something... Keep asking questions... We'll get it figured out!!

Feb 9, 2006 | 12:14 AM

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Found the neutral pin, it comes up, freeing the shifter.

Feb 9, 2006 | 07:48 AM

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When I removed my OEM shifter, I sprayed WD40 on the "demon" key. Then I used the vise grips/screwdriver idea.

Feb 9, 2006 | 08:34 AM

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Quote:

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Got it. The only thing I dont really understand is where the neutral pin is on the shifter.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1022661

The neutral pin is the small aluminum (?) rod bent 90 degrees in Patches' first photo. It's a one time use thing that holds the shifter in neutral during the installation. When you complete the hookup, you pull it forward and the shifter is free. You don't need to remove it.

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Feb 9, 2006 | 07:25 PM

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Installed, just gotta get the boot.

Anyone know if the C6 **** is black or dark grey? I'd like to match the boot exactly.

Feb 9, 2006 | 09:48 PM

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Installed, just gotta get the boot.

Anyone know if the C6 **** is black or dark grey? I'd like to match the boot exactly.

you should probably get the boot for a C6, the color should be perfect.

Feb 10, 2006 | 03:19 PM

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Btw, I could NOT get the key out. Vice grips just pulled off more chunks of it. I wound up drilling it out.

Feb 10, 2006 | 07:51 PM

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you should probably get the boot for a C6, the color should be perfect.

Agreed. Ken King (VetteEssentials) sold me a black boot which was a perfect match to the black ****. More important, the boot had the tension ring at the top to fit in the groove at the base of the new **** -- no need to try to modify a C5 boot top.