I have a '58 Fairlane with 3 on the tree, and I want to remove the knob on the end of the shifter.  Has anyone tried this without breaking it?

Gordie T           Long Point, Ontario

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Ron Grove

Wauconda, IL

Hi Gordie,

They're glued on at the factory and I've had some come off in my hand if you pull hard enough while others required surgery with a cutting wheel on a Dremel.  I did have sucess with getting one off of a '56 shift lever by leaving it in the low gear position and soaking the lever and the knob a few times by shooting WD-40 on it a few times over a week.

Larry D

Winnipeg, MB Canada Eh!


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Thanks for the tips.  I think I'll leave it on there.

Gordie T           Long Point, Ontario

Pretend its a golf club and apply a heat gun to it or a hairdryer as it heats up the glue hardens and breaks up and loose it is. As you apply heat pull on it to check if it is loose .

55Birdman  Hickory NC

When you pull on the knob pull straight out. Do not twist as the gear shift handle has three splines some have two that are raised to go into the knob. If you twist it it will break. I use a vice from a flaring tool to slip around the shift lever then tap lightly with a plastic hammer on both sides of the flaring tool vice while holding it straight by hand.

marv