i know this may be a stupid question and all but how do u take the shift know off the shifter? i tried twisting but it seems like that stubborn thing is stuck on there pretty good its a 86' na stock, any help pleaze?

 

as far as I know you just twist COUNTER-CLOCKWISE.......you might need a man to do it though...













J/K....haha

 

lmao...lefty loosey right tighty

the thing about the getting a man to do it wasnt a bad idea either. ;-)

 

mine was really on there on my 86 NA, when i turned mine too hard it tore the rubber that separates the two pieces of the shifter, but hey not my shifter in nice and short

 

My advice...grab it and turn it.






Oh....and turn it to the left.

 

it's prolly on there really well, maybe it has not been removed in it's entire lifetime.....

 

Mine was a bitch to take off, It came off eventually with a harbor freight strap wrench.

 

on the shifter where your **** attaches there is two flat spots(i know bad discription). take a pair of plirs or something of the sort and grip that so it cant move. now turn know counter clock wise.

 

thanks, i got it off using some pliers on this metal piece underneith it, and the reason why i asked how to take it off is cuz im in a metal shop class right now in HS and im gonna make me a new shift **** by the way any of u guys got the the threadings and such measurements on the shifter?

 

12mm x 1.25

 

is that the the diameter too?
EDIT: is the 12mm the dia? and the 1.25 inches? and is that the TPI? thread per inch?

 

The collar under the shift **** is a actually a lock nut. You can back it off with a 22 mm wrench, and the **** then turns off very easily.

The "1.25" in the bolt dimension is the pitch. It refers to the distance (in millemeters) from one thread to the corresponding point on the next thread.

 

Post pics of the shift **** you make. I'd like to see the results.