shift knob

[corvette66]

I have a 4+3 DN and that push button overdrive. I relocated the overdrive button to the dash board. I tried fixing it, but it kept sticking, and the 4 speed pattern button cracked to peices from pushing it so hard to get'er to come on and off. So i'll get a new knob. I can't get the old one off. anyone know how they come off? do they swist off, pull off? Sucker is really on there.

 

[Ken]

Once you remove the button by gently prying it loose from it's clip (but you already said it was damaged beyond repair so just yank the button off ) there is a wedge of steel that holds the knob in postion relative to the handle. Pull this wedge straight out with a pair of pliers. Then you must unscrew the "T" bar that activates the micro-switch for the overdrive and the knob will unscrew counter-clockwise.

Be sure to count the number of turns it takes to remove the "T-bar" so that you have a starting point from which you can adjust the height of the switch when you reinstall the bar; you want it so that the button is level with the top of the knob.

 

[Ken]

:duh

 

[corvette66]

good deal

thanx alot. i thought that wedge in there had something to do with holding it on there, bu ti didn't want to break it

 

[corvette66]

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boy she came off nicely