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Pete · 03-09-2022, 10:03 PM

Believe it or not it is possible to have a knob stuck so hard that no matter what you do, you will twist the end of the shift stick off or disintegrate the ball before it comes off.
I had one like this on a customer car once.
We used a strap wrench. It was absolutely not slipping or marking the ball but the ball was not moving so the owner said go for it and see what happens. The end of the stick twisted off. We drilled the piece out of the ball, re-cut the thread on the stick and sent him on his way.
By the way we had the stick on the bench and clamped in a gunsmith type barrel clamp.

03-09-2022, 10:03 PM	#1
Pete BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wa. Posts: 5,423	Re: Need help removing gear shift knob without damaging it. Believe it or not it is possible to have a knob stuck so hard that no matter what you do, you will twist the end of the shift stick off or disintegrate the ball before it comes off. I had one like this on a customer car once. We used a strap wrench. It was absolutely not slipping or marking the ball but the ball was not moving so the owner said go for it and see what happens. The end of the stick twisted off. We drilled the piece out of the ball, re-cut the thread on the stick and sent him on his way. By the way we had the stick on the bench and clamped in a gunsmith type barrel clamp.