I've tried to search this forum and google and have gotten a few answers, but were for other generation trucks, so here it goes.

I got a couple accessories for X-Mas and one of them happens to be an 8 ball shifter ****; real original, I know lol. But how do I get the old one off? I've tried to pop the top off to see if I can get to a bolt or nut of some sort, but no luck and there isn't a little screw or anything near/ at the bottom of the **** either, so I'm assuming it is pressed on to the lever. Or do I have to try harder to try and get the top off. I didn't want to damage it as I'd like to keep it for down the road, if it's ever needed

 

taking a shot in the dark here, but all the shifter ***** iv seen, are just screwed on....thats how my dads 75 f100 is, and thats how all of my friends cars are.

 

Mine was glued on... Wound up using a big *** pair of channel-locks

 

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Mine was pressed/glued on but would just fall off by the time I got it. I think you could just pull and twist on it to get it off. I wouldn't use channel locks because I'd hate to mar the **** so I couldn't reuse it. Maybe some grippy rubber pads or gloves and a hair dryer or something to warm it up.

 

but he has that cool 8ball he is going to put on it so he doesnt have to worry about messing up the old one lol

 

Yeah, but I am just that way. I've got tons of parts from about everything under the sun that I don't throw out because I might need them or could use them someday. Really takes up a lot of space. He did mention he might want it later down the road.

 

Mine was glued but it came off a few times, the shaft has threads but the **** doesnt. Used supper glue and a soft faced hammer to get it back on. Try heating it and twisting it back and forth with a pipe wrench if your not gonna use it again.

 

Next tool to add to my arsenal will be a heat gun. I don't have a hair dryer, so.... ya....

I'd like to keep all of the original parts that I take off and/ or replace If I do plan to do a restore I will have what once used to be in/ on the truck

 

So wrap the **** in duct tape and twist it off with the pipe wrench then it wont damage it.