HELP! Changing my Shifter Gasket and Old Shifter Doesn't come out?

[Nordy]

Can anyone help, is there a specific process to removing the Shifter as I have taken all 4 bolts out?

Thanks

 

[Romans8:28]

Give it a good knock sideways at the base to break lose the hold the old sealant has on it. Don't worry, it will come lose long before you can damage it.

 

[traktrbeam]

Carefully tap a sharp edge under there to break the seal? :shrug: i.e. thin screwdriver, small hammer claw. Don't get any gasket material in the trans, but you prob know that already.

 

[mblgjr]

Just gotta break the seal. I've had good luck just lightly popping 'em sideways.

 

[Nordy]

Thanks Guys! I am giving up as its stuck on like glue and I will only break something I am sure. I will put some sponge ontop of the rubber sounder and that should quiet it down. Oh well so much for changing to Cobra Bob's today.

 

[mblgjr]

If its stuck REALLY bad like that you may have to take a razor blade or putty knife and get up under the base of the shifter....

Putting Dynamat (or similar) on top of the tunnel helps quite a bit as well.

 

[JedWele]

That’s strange, I barely put any pressure on mine and it popped right off.

 

[whyte_03]

a good knock from a mallet or a dead blow will work.. it may take multiple attempts but will give.. nothing can really go wrong with breakin ANYTHING

 

[10thAnnvCobra]

Don't give up. Take a piece of wood and your hammer then place the wood at the base of the shifter flange and hit it hard a few times with the hammer. You will not break anything. :beer:

 

[SnakeBit]

There is another way to do it. Leave in one of the rear bolts, but back it out most of the way. Take a pair of channel-lok pliers and turn them upside down. Put the top jaw onder the lip of the shifter and rest the bottom jaw on to of the bolt head. Now squeeze and the seal will break.

Here's another way courtesy of Joe Lynch.

 

[VirtualSVT]

Yeah. Sometimes they can be a PIA.

I went under my car with a prybar and a hammer and popped the base a few times and it finally gave up.

 

[RoyWoods]

Mine was stuck on there REALLY tight as well. Just be careful, b/c when it does finally give, it may try and get some revenge on you for beating on it so much. ;-)

 

[Nordy]

Thanks Guys! It seems you cannot get any type of clamp / mechanism on the shifter from above as its shaped to match the tranny housing it sits on. I spent 2 hours messing around with it and have given up until the next time as I tried literally everything possible from above, I have big hands and can't get a razor blade in the small gap to shave off the old gasket. Last owner changed the shifter to a Steeda Triax and it's on there real tight.

 

[SnakeBit]

Once you get it off, use a Cobrabob gasket instead of silicone seal. It will make it a snap to remove in the future.