Step Shifter Removal
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Have used search and found very good info on the removal of e brake handle. Nothing on Step shifter......
Is it as simple as pulling it off???
Sounds too good to be true.
ACS set up on the way....
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Is it as simple as pulling it off???
Sounds too good to be true.
ACS set up on the way....
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Correct, except be very careful to not twist the lever at all -- just pull straight up...
knob_for_shift_lever.pdf
knob_for_shift_lever.pdf
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='651184' date='Aug 20 2008, 08:08 PM
Correct, except be very careful to not twist the lever at all -- just pull straight up...
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Originally Posted by DRANGED' post='651180' date='Aug 20 2008, 08:04 PM
Make sure to have your face out of harms way when it lets loose. 
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Originally Posted by CWS530' post='651203' date='Aug 20 2008, 06:40 PM
That's what SHE said!
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Originally Posted by DRANGED' post='651180' date='Aug 20 2008, 09:04 PM
It is as simple as that, just pull. Make sure to have your face out of harms way when it lets loose.
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Originally Posted by 1esquire' post='651407' date='Aug 21 2008, 07:40 AM
+1, I got a bloody nose and busted lip when I was pulling my knob off. It let loose, and I punched myself straight in the face.
Huh, maybe I'll have a friend come over and 'help out'..........
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easiest way how I did it was turn the key and put the shifter into neutral, that way you pull straight up. if it was in park, it would be a bit at an angle. just sit regularly, grab the knob with one or two hands and pull straight up keeping your head out of the way 
. (I hope I didnt set anything up 
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. (I hope I didnt set anything up )