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Joe_M · 05-02-2002, 05:33 PM

I can't get the stock one on my S13FB to unscrew.  Is there some sort of trick to getting this thing off?  The stock leather covered one is cutting up my hands and I hate the way it feels.  Any help is appreciated!

Joe

240meowth · 05-02-2002, 05:51 PM

well, looks like you got the LOCK-UP type leather shift knob.  you are basically stuck with the shift knob, there's only 1 way to take the LOCK-UP type leather shift knob off.  bite on it, and suck on it with all your might.  than, MAYBE it will come off.  other than that, you can saw it off at the bottom of the shiftknob, than u instantly get a short shifter...

j/k  i don't have a leather one, but check for bolts, i'm pretty sure there isn't one.  just turn really hard, because there's glue n stuff from the factory to make it stick really tight.  remeber turn COUNTER-CLOCKWISE, sometimes it gets confusing... <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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gfisch · 05-02-2002, 06:42 PM

Mine was real hard to get off too in my s14.
What I did was wrap it in cloth and clamp down on it with a Vise-grip and twist.
It came right off that way.

rotaryknight · 05-02-2002, 07:27 PM

I had the leather shift knob on my S13 FB I just got a really really big set of pliers/grips and wrenched the bastard off.  If you don't car about the knob just rip it off.

Nothing a little muscle won't fix.

Joe_M · 05-02-2002, 07:57 PM

I guess it is time to go out and give it a little bit of hell then....  thanks!

Joe

drifting240sx · 05-02-2002, 08:10 PM

remember lefty loosy righty tighty. haha <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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*DSC* · 05-02-2002, 09:27 PM

If you have a heat gun, that would help losen up the glue.

05-02-2002, 05:33 PM	#1
Joe_M Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Cincinnati, OH Age: 46 Posts: 210 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I can't get the stock one on my S13FB to unscrew.  Is there some sort of trick to getting this thing off?  The stock leather covered one is cutting up my hands and I hate the way it feels.  Any help is appreciated! Joe __________________ 1991 240SX LE Fastback SOLD!! 1992 USDM OneVia CA18DET powered SOLD!! 1996 240SX Base Model Rockin' the 4 Lug 1995 240SX Base Model $400 project car... and it runs!

05-02-2002, 05:51 PM	#2
240meowth Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: torrance, ca Age: 41 Posts: 2,407 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	well, looks like you got the LOCK-UP type leather shift knob.  you are basically stuck with the shift knob, there's only 1 way to take the LOCK-UP type leather shift knob off.  bite on it, and suck on it with all your might.  than, MAYBE it will come off.  other than that, you can saw it off at the bottom of the shiftknob, than u instantly get a short shifter... j/k  i don't have a leather one, but check for bolts, i'm pretty sure there isn't one.  just turn really hard, because there's glue n stuff from the factory to make it stick really tight.  remeber turn COUNTER-CLOCKWISE, sometimes it gets confusing... <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> __________________

05-02-2002, 06:42 PM	#3
gfisch Zilvia Junkie Join Date: May 2001 Location: Warren,NJ / Baltimore,MD Age: 44 Posts: 576 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Mine was real hard to get off too in my s14. What I did was wrap it in cloth and clamp down on it with a Vise-grip and twist. It came right off that way. __________________ Greg Fischer [email protected] '97 240SX SE '98 Ford Explorer XLT

05-02-2002, 07:27 PM	#4
rotaryknight Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 408 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I had the leather shift knob on my S13 FB I just got a really really big set of pliers/grips and wrenched the bastard off.  If you don't car about the knob just rip it off. Nothing a little muscle won't fix. __________________ Daily Driver- 91 240 SX SE...S13 Blacktop HKS FMIC, EVC IV, W/G, Racing Suction, DP, Dual Drager, springs/pillow ball mounts Whiteline sway bars Tokico blues Koyo Radiator, Fluidyne fan J30 VLSD stock exterior. Fun Car- 94 FD3S (TO4S). The White HKS FD in FnF......may she rest in pieces.

05-02-2002, 07:57 PM	#5
Joe_M Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Cincinnati, OH Age: 46 Posts: 210 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I guess it is time to go out and give it a little bit of hell then....  thanks! Joe __________________ 1991 240SX LE Fastback SOLD!! 1992 USDM OneVia CA18DET powered SOLD!! 1996 240SX Base Model Rockin' the 4 Lug 1995 240SX Base Model $400 project car... and it runs!

05-02-2002, 08:10 PM	#6
drifting240sx Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: salinas ca Age: 41 Posts: 362 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	remember lefty loosy righty tighty. haha <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> __________________ PROJECT SIL-80

05-02-2002, 09:27 PM	#7
DSC New Title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: VA Posts: 3,454 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	If you have a heat gun, that would help losen up the glue. __________________