Gear Shift Removal - Help!

[davisdrafting]

loose pins?

Apparently the PO didn’t know how to remove the shifter on my transmission either.

Does anyone have a suggested fix for extremely loose pins? also are they suppose to be flat sides on the pins or is this worn out from the shifter?

 

[bsevans]

Apparently the PO didn’t know how to remove the shifter on my transmission either.

Does anyone have a suggested fix for extremely loose pins? also are they suppose to be flat sides on the pins or is this worn out from the shifter?

SOR has a pin replacement kit.
Shift Tower Dowel Pin Kit

 

[kvanoort]

Great Removal Tool

Ed

second and third pics are of a tool I made to make it easier......
Squashed muffler pipe

I made a similar tool using your muffler pipe method and it worked great! I didn't even need to add handles. Thanks for sharing your great and simple idea for a gear shifter removal tool.

 

[Ziffdaddy]

SOR has a pin replacement kit.
Shift Tower Dowel Pin Kit

Does this kit take care of a floppy shifter? This is my first FJ, and I was wondering how much play there should be in the shifter? On all the other cars I've worked on there are some rubber/metal bushings that keep things nice and stiff.....my 74' FJ Shifts smooth, but the shifter just flops around.

Need a little Viagra for the shifter, I guess....;p

 

[projektdotnet]

Does this kit take care of a floppy shifter? This is my first FJ, and I was wondering how much play there should be in the shifter? On all the other cars I've worked on there are some rubber/metal bushings that keep things nice and stiff.....my 74' FJ Shifts smooth, but the shifter just flops around.

Need a little Viagra for the shifter, I guess....;p

IMO if you can find all the gears don't worry about it. Mine was sloppier than a slip-n-slide but it still shifted great...as long as I remembered to push in the clutch far enough

 

[rusty_tlc]

I use a 1 1/4" box end wrench and a piec of latex glove for traction. works like a champ.

 

[fjwagon]

Yup I like the the spiffy tool Degnol made. I usually use two flathead screwdrivers, push down, and rotate......it usually take me several tries.

 

[Rocky_LC]

The Box Wrench is the best. Thanks for the tip, Rusty.


Rocky

 

[Nomis]

The Box Wrench is the best. Thanks for the tip, Rusty.


Rocky

X2

I used a 32mm box wrench with a latex glove on it for grip. Put the glove on the end of the wrench, popped it over the shifter and down onto the collar. My '76 4 speed was clockwise to remove.

 

[DesertLake]

Toyota crescent wrench, CW in my 74 4-speed.

 

[chevy454fj40]

just restled with mine for 25 mins trying to undo it counter clockwise and wouldnt budge i tried clock wise and it came out easy just try both ways to save some time i guess.thanks for the tips tho i didnt even no where to start at doing this until i read these.

 

[bikersmurf]

Glad to see you figured it out.

 

[SuperDave72FJ]

To everyone on this forum, Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I spent 15 mins struggling to get my shifter off when my helper suggested checking the internet. (I was just gonna do that) . 5 mins on the forum, and I had it off. Good thing she was there to help, and and this forum, too. Mine is an 06/72 3-spd and it definitely turns CCW, not CW like the Haynes manual states.

Thanks for a great forum, Dave

 

[78fj40mg]

I just removed mine and it was CW on my 1978, obviously there isn't a standard rotation method.

 

[handcannon]

The difference might be whether it is a 3 or 4 speed. I've never checked.

Don

 

[shelfboy1]

all i ever used was a screwdriver and tapped it with a hammer to remove those rings ,same with putting it back in push down with screwdriver tap with hammer and its out or in .

 

[78fj40mg]

This is how I removed mine:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/remove-gear-shifter-how-to-easily.816215/

 

[eaj71]

CCW

On 1978

 

[GeoW5]

I use a 1 1/4" box end wrench and a piec of latex glove for traction. works like a champ.

I just did this! Worked great! Thanks for posting this back in the day!