Throttle & Choke Knob Removal

[Trelpdx]

Guys,

I need to replace the throttle & choke knobs on my 35. I locked up the shaft in a vise and tried prying them off. The rod coupling came appart instead of the knob. Do I need to grind them off, heat them up or ???

Thanks much,

Peder

[carolina-bob]

if replacing with repos, you have to break them loose at the sleeves. I just clamped the sleeve half way in a vice and use vice grips to rotate the knob shaft loose from the sleeve. Used epoxy to hold the new ones in the sleeve.

[Rustyspokes]

Peder.. I ground off the sleeve just down to the shaft, in two places then the rods came away from the sleeve , I then threaded both rod pieces , the new one with the words , 10/32 thread and put them together with a coupling nut, 10/32, you can lock them with a nut either side of the coupling nut or just leave it , I found that this method gives room for adjustment; and lines up the words on the knobs, JMHO... Al ..

[Trelpdx]

Great

Thanks guys

Peder

[VeryTangled]

Hi Everyone, I'm bringing up this old thread because the title is just what I was looking for. I don't think I'm hijacking much, it's six years old.

I want to keep my old choke and throttle knobs, but replace the rubber grommet in the dash.

What are your ideas on the easiest way to do this?

The way I'd like this to happen would be for me to be able to get the knobs off and back on successfully. But if I can do it without bothering the knobs I'm all ears.

Lacking that, I may cut the shaft and put it back together. The grommet will never go over the end of the rod at the carb!

The choke rod, in the photo looking up under the dash, does have a coupler already in it, if I have to cut I'll work on that area, but the throttle rod doesn't have this coupler.

Any bright ideas for removing a choke/throttle knob from a '35 and getting it back on successfully?

Any ideas for replacing the grommet without taking the knob off?

Thanks in advance,

[edhd58]

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What i have seen done, not in this particular application but others like this, is cut the grommet on one side.
That way you can slip it over the shaft, then back into the hole?
I've done this and used super glue to glue to glue the grommet back together

[TJ]

Originally Posted by edhd58

What i have seen done, not in this particular application but others like this, is cut the grommet on one side.
That way you can slip it over the shaft, then back into the hole?
I've done this and used super glue to glue to glue the grommet back together

The above is what I have done in the past. Actually the grommet fit so tight that I didn't even need Super Glue. It squished together so tight you couldn't see the split.

[koates]

If you look real closely at the new reproduction (DRAKE) rubber grommets you will see that they are cut and will just slip over the shaft and push tightly into the dash hole. You wont need any glue on the cut because they close up very tightly when pushed into the dash hole. You may have to put some lube in there so the rod will slide nicely. Regards, Kevin.

[VeryTangled]

Excellent guys. You're the greatest!

Edit: I just ran out to the car and put them in. It's 10:30 pm local and I'm gonna sleep better tonight thanks to y'all's help!

No more rattling choke rod!

[Seth Swoboda]

Jeff, that is the method i have also used in the past. Sweet 35 ford dreams my friend.

[dwick01]

Great work there Tangled, and thanks for the pictures. I had no idea there was a split in those, for easy application.

[Kens 36]

Originally Posted by VeryTangled

No more rattling choke rod!

Seth and Alex thank you.

[Seth Swoboda]

Originally Posted by Kens 36

Seth and Alex thank you.

After he gets this '35 fixed up he won't let me drive it again.

By the way Jeff, drivers seat could use a little more padding too while you are at it.

[keith oh]

This is too easy, always worked for me. Heat them with a heat gun to the point you can just stand to touch and forcably pull them off.

[Highboy34]

I suspend the plastic knob in a pot of water and slowly heat it up. Don't let the knob touch the side of the pot. Remove the knob from the water as it heats up. Try to gently pull the knob off the rod. Keep trying as the water heats. It will reach a temperature short of boil when you can slide the knob off the rod. Watch it doesn't get too hot, as it will begin to turn a lighter color.

Doing it this way will allow you to re-use your original knob. Shove it back on the rod with a dab of crazy glue and you're good to go.

[bosborn38pu]

I used these brass couplers (5m x 5m) purchased from eBay. Allowed alignment and adjustment when installing the new knobs.