Does anyone know how to take off the shift knob from a base model and put on a new one? My younger brothers bought one for me and I am anxious to get rid of the original one. I'm just talking about the top of the stick, not about installing a short shifter. Thanks in advance.

 

can I have your little brother? ahh that sounded bad, check the how to section. Something about pushing a pin out and pulling really freaking hard, or something like that.

 

Thanks, I'll check it out. I should have done that right away but I guess I was a little impatient to get it on, especially after seeing how the racing pedals they got me look.

 

CAn you post a pic of those pedals? I want to get them GM ones, the fit the car more then AM ones. which ones did you get?

 

i have those gm sport pedals if thats what your talking about...there really nice...but their a bitch to get on

 

I will once I can figure out how to post pics. lol

 

1. Hold the base of the shift boot frame from the interior and pull the boot over the shifter. Be careful not to break the plastic ring around the shifter base. It connects to the console at the front and rear of the boot.



2. To remove the shift knob cut the tie-wrap holding the boot on the plastic boot holder. In order to slide the boot holder down, you have to turn it and align with the slots and then push it down. The shift knob can now be pulled up and removed.



3. Put a new tie-wrap on the boot and use the old ring, or if you have a new ring for the new shifter, attach that to the boot with a tie-wrap.

I hope this helps. I modified TWM's instructions for their short throw shifter install here

 

And yes, the pedals were a BITCH to install. The accelerator was not too bad, just 3 bolts and it can be unplugged and removed. The new one plugs in and bolts up.

The clutch and break are hard. You have to wrap the rubber pedal around the plastic or metal pedal, being careful not to ruin the rubber too much. Mine are ruined from the sharp edges of the predals. I used vasoline and heated the rubber up with a heat gun. That worked the best.




There is an excellent How-To here

 

JohnyNFullEffect: Thanks for posting this, I was about to post the exact same steps but saw you had already taken care of it!

Replacing the stock knob will mean using a universal type knob with setscrews since the stock shifter shaft is not threaded. If you want a knob that threads on, our Short Shifter is threaded M12x1.25 so you don't have to worry about set screws loosening. Our Shift Knobs thread on to our short shifter as well of course. Our short shifter also includes an aluminum shift knob which can be seen in this pic:



Thanks,

Kevin
TWM Performance

 

[QUOTE] Be careful not to break the plastic ring around the shifter base. It connects to the console at the front and rear of the boot. [QUOTE]

Oh well, at least I have my new shift knob on. The plastic snapped at the front of the ring, but it stays in place. The instructions for the knob on the package were quite vague, so I had a time getting it on; lets just say that a Foredom drill had to be employed at certain parts of the process. I'll try to post some pics later; its such an improvement over the old one.