removing stock shift knob

[Eggdrop]

Im having a heck of a time trying to remove this thing. I tried twisting it for like an hour. Eventually the rubber came apart and there was a hard plastic shell. So when I tried tewisting that it just fell apart. Know I see that its metal. now what? I tried twisating but nothing so far. Any ideas?

[240trainee]

Wrap a rag or something around it, and use channel-locks/ pipe wrench/something along those lines. Though I guess if you have already destroyed the knob, you could skip the rag, lol.

[s13silady]

1. Channel locks on the shifter stem
2. channel locks on the shift knob
3. use brute force.

[Ritz S14]

Channel locks + rag. That shit is a fucking bitch!

[undercoverdjay]

Yeah it definitely sucks. I hope you were replacing the stock knob with something being the purpose of taking it off. Your best bet is to do what everyone else said about the pliers and a rag. I took mine off and it definitely hadent been taken off before and wow I had a heck of a time.


Oh, if you need a stock knob after all this I'll give you a stock one for whatever the cost of shipping is

[theicecreamdan]

torch it!

fire solves everything.

[Yuri]

torch it!

fire solves everything.
Haha, when you do that to Toyota shifters, the shaft falls apart into two pieces. (I made a short shifter for my supra that way)
If you can't get the remnents of the knob off, a skyline R32 shifter is an excellant upgrade.

[Eggdrop]

im replacing it with a new knob. its so had its ridiculous.

[crioten]

strap wrenches work well too, and the rubber wont mess up your knob's finish

[DaPCWiz]

man, I tried mine for months, and so did my friends... no one could get it off. Then one day... one of my boys was talking to me, we were chilling & drinking, and I told him about how no one could get my knob off. He's like oh yeah? lemme try. We go out to my car, he gets into the passenger seat... and with one hand and a snap of the wrist... CLICK... its off. I still can't figure out what he did...

[420sx]

its called strength, son.

[DaPCWiz]

i'd agree, but a number of people that tried before him, including much bigger guys than him. idk..

I think the alcohol might have helped :p

[crioten]

its nothing magical, its just that he was the lucky one that got it when it was loose...

if you want to go into more detail, was it warm, or cold outside? humid or dry outside? all these factors add up...

but you probably dont care lol :)

[projectRDM]

How in hell has this post carried on this long?

Should we start one about how do you turn the ignition key? Or what about the volume knob on the radio, that one still gets me to this day.

[theicecreamdan]

its all about finesse man, if the key doenst wanna turn you jiggle it just so and vroom.

[EchoOfSilence]

fuck that, just take a screwdriver, take it apart and hotwire it

[NemeGuero]

I have to pull my key out about 1/2cm before it'll turn..

[NemeGuero]

im replacing it with a new knob. its so had its ridiculous.
I hate it when shit is so had.

[Rkesh88]

hahah i had a problem taking it out and then one day i was like wtf and started cursing at it and i turned it and it came off

[nsn240]

hahah i had a problem taking it out and then one day i was like wtf and started cursing at it and i turned it and it came off

same shit happened to me... except it was the damn powersteering lines

[NemeGuero]

silly newbs, cursing is a technique passed down from the ancient 240-mechanic gods.

lol j/p

[EchoOfSilence]

I have to pull my key out about 1/2cm before it'll turn..
i have to do that to get my doors to unlock

[Eggdrop]

wow, lots of people have something to say. i just dont understand why it wont come off. i started to think that ther was a screw holding it down that i didnt know about.

[NemeGuero]

Go hit the gym buddy.. it's just screwed on there.

[Codz93]

"Go hit the gym buddy.. it's just screwed on there."

I have to agree, it's just that simple.

[420sx]

al this Blah BLAH BLAH over a fucking knob...... get real