6-Speed Shifter Knob
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Pro
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From: Thonotosassa Florida
6-Speed Shifter ****
Can someone tell me how difficult it would be to replace my standard shifter **** off of my 02 Z06 with one of the round shifter *****? Does it just screw on is is it more involved than that?
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The hardest part is removing the stock ****. You pry off the shift pattern cover and then you see the "demon key". This has to be pulled/pryed out. Some people use needle nose visegrips. Then you can just screw it off. Good Luck !
New ***** usually just screw on and use a "jam nut" to locate them.
New ***** usually just screw on and use a "jam nut" to locate them.
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Pro
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From: Thonotosassa Florida
The hardest part is removing the stock ****. You pry off the shift pattern cover and then you see the "demon key". This has to be pulled/pryed out. Some people use needle nose visegrips. Then you can just screw it off. Good Luck !
New ***** usually just screw on and use a "jam nut" to locate them.
New ***** usually just screw on and use a "jam nut" to locate them.
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I had a heck of a time with my demon key. The tabs broke on it as I tried to pull it out with vice-grips. I ended up drilling a hole through the middle of it and running a screw down til it bottomed out on the top of the shift lever. From there, I just kept turning the screw and the key followed the threads up and out.
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It helps to spray the demon key with some penetrating oil and let it work for 15 minutes before you try to pull the key.
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Here's how I got the key out of my stock shifter - clamp on a good size pair of regular vice grips then take a hammer and gently tap up on the side of the vicegrips. The key popped right out.
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A flat blade screw driver under both sides of the Demon Key and evenly push them both down at the same time worked very well for me. I also used some WD40. Came out pretty easy. Don
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