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TLCA #23510
How To Easily Remove Your Gear Shifter
This is my 4 speed FJ40 tranny and how I removed the shifter without a hassle. I'm sure there are other methods available but my method worked quickly for me. You will need to experiment to determine if yours is CCW (Counter Clock Wise) or CW (Clock Wise) removal rotation, my 1978 4 speed was CW.
Get yourself an old rubber jar opener and cut a 1/2 inch hole in the center and place it over the gear shifter and run it all the way down and rest it on top of the base. Like in the pic below.
Find a closed end wrench that fits over the yoke of the shifter then apply study downward pressure while you rotate CW or CCW depending on your transmission, and viola the shifter is disengaged from the tranny. That's all there is to it, basically a 15 second job.
Removed after turning CW or CCW for a quarter of a turn with the closed end wrench.
Pull straight up and you are done.
To re-install just reverse the procedure
This is my 4 speed FJ40 tranny and how I removed the shifter without a hassle. I'm sure there are other methods available but my method worked quickly for me. You will need to experiment to determine if yours is CCW (Counter Clock Wise) or CW (Clock Wise) removal rotation, my 1978 4 speed was CW.
Get yourself an old rubber jar opener and cut a 1/2 inch hole in the center and place it over the gear shifter and run it all the way down and rest it on top of the base. Like in the pic below.
Find a closed end wrench that fits over the yoke of the shifter then apply study downward pressure while you rotate CW or CCW depending on your transmission, and viola the shifter is disengaged from the tranny. That's all there is to it, basically a 15 second job.
Removed after turning CW or CCW for a quarter of a turn with the closed end wrench.
Pull straight up and you are done.
To re-install just reverse the procedure
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