shifter knob removal

[kev]

how does the shifter knob come off on my 2004 ford ranger manual trans?

 

[metalmacguyver]

Pull the boot down so that you can see the metal shaft. Take an adjustable wrench and put it to the size of the shaft and put it just beneath the shift knob. Take a hammer and strike upwards on the wrench to pop the shift knob off.

If your pretty jacked, You might be able to pull it off by hand. I know that I cant do it though and I am 180lbs at 5'10".

 

[rboyer]

I can pull it off by hand.... After heating it up with a heat gun

 

[fixizin]

That seems like a sad way for FoMoCo to fasten the shift knob... would that also apply to my '99?

Oh well, mine's never come off, so what do I know...

 

[4x4RangerGuy]

Take a blow dryer to it. Ford basically glues them on. Elmer's FTW.

 

[90rangersuper]

i tried boiling mine, did not help, so while it was still hot i took a pipe wrench to it and twisted, broke that mother right off.

 

[mkpecor]

i pulled mine off, i put the shifter in a vice grabed the shift ball a pulled like a mother, it is a #ITCH.

 

[fixizin]

That seems like a sad way for FoMoCo to fasten the shift knob... would that also apply to my '99?

Oh well, mine's never come off, so what do I know...

ALL-riiiighty then... on a VERY HOT day, yesterday, my shift knob DID come off--on a crisp 1st-2nd yank, accelerating down the boulevard... p*ssed me off...

... but I guess HEAT is the answer, and knowing that, I'll now be looking for a way-cool replacement!

If the new knob has a set screw, I hope I have a small enough tap to do the deed... er, wait... probably the set screw just digs into the existing shaft a bit?... off to shop.