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racerxj17 06-10-2009 09:57 PM

stock shift knob off!!
 
first?

got the stock knob off with my hands only. thought i was going to break the shift arm.

any interested in buying it?

ive got video for the nay sayers :icon18:

Musashi 06-10-2009 10:33 PM

damn dude you got hulk strength.

TSterling 06-10-2009 10:34 PM

lets see the video

SoCal 370Z 06-10-2009 10:36 PM

:iagree: Major rep points for Hercules video! :tup:

travisjb 06-10-2009 10:50 PM

this sounds like one for mythbusters

kgreen 06-10-2009 11:12 PM

prove it!!!!!

travisjb 06-10-2009 11:19 PM

are you this dude ?
http://thechive.com/wp-content/uploa...er-freak-0.jpg

AK370Z 06-10-2009 11:46 PM

:wtf2:

travisjb 06-11-2009 12:12 AM

what ???? yeah, he's got oversized lat muscles, but his quads are f'ing girly!

initialgemini 06-11-2009 12:49 AM

Powerthirst!!

joejo02 06-11-2009 01:09 AM

+1!! where's the video haha

CBRich 06-11-2009 08:49 AM

I need to see this video.

And I wanna that guy's blood volume as his veins are like 1" ID. :ugh2:

Modshack 06-11-2009 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by racerxj17 (Post 88692)
first?

got the stock knob off with my hands only. thought i was going to break the shift arm.

:icon18:

+1 Hands of steel!
I sure hope you held the shift shaft with vice grips when you did this ! (per all printed instructions I've seen) otherwise that last part may come true (bushing/pivot damage). If I could have wrapped two hands around it without having to hold the shaft I mighta been able to do it too...
Good luck!

rreign 06-11-2009 11:38 AM

I call BS, LMAO... show us the video!!

racerxj17 06-11-2009 12:22 PM

ill post it this afternoon. also, i DID NOT hold the shaft when i twisted it off. ive got a B&M shifter in the garage, so i wasnt worried about damaging the stocker.

Crash 06-11-2009 12:30 PM

HAHA @ the roids pic... Those guys look like freak shows. Never EVER do their muscles look even. Gross IMO.

Phimosis 06-11-2009 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rreign (Post 88911)
I call BS, LMAO... show us the video!!

The threads in the shift knob are tapered, so there is a LOT of resistance for the first 10+ full turns. You could use vice grips, then do the first 3 counterclockwise turns, then start filming like you have never touched it. It would still be really hard to do by hand and you would easily still be flexing the stock linkage.

It would look like the real deal, but no way to prove it, one way or the other.

batman_4 06-11-2009 12:57 PM

this is very possible. many guys on the 350 site did it with bare hands, most that accomplished this either let their car sit in the heat for a long time or left their car in the heat on purpose to loosen the loc-tite.

Namir 06-11-2009 01:24 PM

In for video.

racerxj17 06-11-2009 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phimosis (Post 88978)
The threads in the shift knob are tapered, so there is a LOT of resistance for the first 10+ full turns. You could use vice grips, then do the first 3 counterclockwise turns, then start filming like you have never touched it. It would still be really hard to do by hand and you would easily still be flexing the stock linkage.

It would look like the real deal, but no way to prove it, one way or the other.


stock shift knob is perfect. wouldnt you see marks from vice grips? either way, i dont really think its a big deal, more of a funny thread:ughdance:

Phimosis 06-11-2009 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by racerxj17 (Post 89032)
stock shift knob is perfect. wouldnt you see marks from vice grips? either way, i dont really think its a big deal, more of a funny thread:ughdance:

I personally don't have an opinion on it. Someone else called BS. I was just saying you can't prove it one way or the other.

On second thought, if your hands are really that strong, your knob probably has as many scuff marks as the one I posted in the other active shifter thread....

Z_you_Later 06-11-2009 06:05 PM

Throw down the Video .. I wanna see this ... If you got skills like that you could do mine too ...

CBRich 06-11-2009 07:24 PM

I'm gonna have to make sure I'm recording when I coax my friend into attempting this. He's a pretty big guy, we'll see how he does.

rreign 06-12-2009 09:41 AM

We're all just messin with you racerx. If you did it, then damn... good on you. I just know it's hard as hell, even with tools. Not saying it's imposiible or that I don't believe you, I'd just personally like to see it.

racerxj17 06-12-2009 10:05 AM

my buddy took the video, and the fucker hasnt emailed it to me as it said he would yet. its coming....


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