How do you remove an automatic shift knob??

[HotWheelz]

I know this probably sounds like a stupid question, but if it's something obvious im not seeing it. I'm trying to remove the area of the console thats around the shift knob that snaps out (on a '94 camaro, if that makes any difference) because I'm going to paint it to match the rest of my interior I've done. It's a simple matter of snapping the piece out and slipping it up over the shifter....if it wasn't for the knob. I know some of you guys out there have replaced the shift knob with a custom one, so how did you get the factory one off?

[94TeaL]

Put the ebrake on, put the car in low. Behind the shifter you'll see a C-clip. Get a pair of needle nose pliers and pull out... Should be easy from there.

[silvachris1]

What he said, there's a clip in the bottom portion of the shift knob facing the radio. It's not really shaped like a c-clip, when you take it out, it looks more like a thick staple from a staple gun. I had to use a hook to get mine out. Needle nose pliars might do it, but if not, try a hook or a very small flat screw driver to get it out enough to grab it. Like he said, should be easy from there.

[HotWheelz]

Ok, we just took a look at my car, and we're not finding any clip. Unless it's farther up underneath the leather wrapping......?

[Dan Vincent]

Originally posted by HotWheelz:
Ok, we just took a look at my car, and we're not finding any clip. Unless it's farther up underneath the leather wrapping......?

If you have a leather knob, I believe you have to undo the leather to get it off.

Vinyl parts win for once! [img]graemlins/naughty.gif[/img]

[Naswhodi17]

I have a leather knob but don't have to undo the leather to get it off...

Just do what they said, turn the ignition key forward a bit, then you should be able to put the shifter into 1st gear, and on the back of the knob you sould see a slot where the clip is. I use a small flathead screwdriver to get it out.

[HotWheelz]

Ok, I found it, and boy do I feel like an idiot. I was looking down towards the bottomw of the knob the whole time, and it was more towards the center. If I woul dhave just looked about an inch higher I would have seen it in the first place. [img]graemlins/twak.gif[/img]