What did you do with your Z today V (ON TOPIC DISCUSSION ONLY)

Pintsize725 · 01-15-2013, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by dmhenderson

Yeah you can change out your shift knob on an AT just like you can on a MT. Still requires the same amount of (frankly ridiculous) effort to torque the knob off without damaging the transmission due to the retarded amount of loctite Nissan uses though.

Hmm......sounds like I might have my next cheap mod to hold me over. Thanks dmhenderson!

Haboob · 01-15-2013, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Pintsize725

Hmm......sounds like I might have my next cheap mod to hold me over. Thanks dmhenderson!

Sounds like it's expensive in the way of exhausting labor to take the OEM knob off.

Yeah, it's just me thinking lazy. Precursor to being lazy.

Pintsize725 · 01-15-2013, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Haboob

Sounds like it's expensive in the way of exhausting labor to take the OEM knob off.

Yeah, it's just me thinking lazy. Precursor to being lazy.

Agreed, but that's what beer and boys are for.

Mt Tam I am · 01-16-2013, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Haboob

Sounds like it's expensive in the way of exhausting labor to take the OEM knob off.

Yeah, it's just me thinking lazy. Precursor to being lazy.

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Originally Posted by Pintsize725

Agreed, but that's what beer and boys are for.

Just the opposite for me. Getting the knob off is what girls are for.

GaleForce · 01-16-2013, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am

Just the opposite for me. Getting the knob off is what girls are for.

Pintsize725 · 01-16-2013, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am

Just the opposite for me. Getting the knob off is what girls are for.

Well dur.

dmhenderson · 01-15-2013, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Haboob

Sounds like it's expensive in the way of exhausting labor to take the OEM knob off.

Yeah, it's just me thinking lazy. Precursor to being lazy.

Nah it's a snap. You use a towel around the shift lever and a pipe wrench to hold it in place (to keep it from torquing - THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT), then use a 2nd pipe wrench on the knob itself to tear the goddamn thing off.

Once you have it off, use a wire brush to remove the excess loctite from the screw threads and then tighten down your new knob.

Important to note that your OEM shift knob will not survive this ordeal. Mine literally ripped in half all the way down to the threading.

Pintsize725 · 01-15-2013, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by dmhenderson

Nah it's a snap. You use a towel around the shift lever and a pipe wrench to hold it in place (to keep it from torquing - THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT), then use a 2nd pipe wrench on the knob itself to tear the goddamn thing off.

Once you have it off, use a wire brush to remove the excess loctite from the screw threads and then tighten down your new knob.

Important to note that your OEM shift knob will not survive this ordeal. Mine literally ripped in half all the way down to the threading.

Time to investigate

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