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sorry if its come up before but i've been searching for awhile and cant find anyhelp on this so i decided to ask

i own an r33 gts manual series 2 and i bought a nismo gear knob and i cant seam to remove the factory one i assumed it would just screw off but it wont budge so any help would be appreciated

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yeah just turn it anticlockwise .. it should come off .. i turn my stock one all the time .. and now its so damn lose .. when i tighten it .. its not straight anymore ! .. dont play with it too much with the stock one :D .. haha

+ 1 for plumers wrench. Get vice grips or nething like that. Not like ur gunna be using it again anytime soon. Who cares if you bugger it up getting it off. Get Hacksaw and cut it off. G clamp and crush it a bit might free it up. :bunny:

yeah man mine was tight the first time, but its so loose now i had to drop a bit of araldite on the thread, i just use vice grips to undo it everytime i need to, clean the thread out with hot water and a paddlepop stick and then re-araldite it when im doing it back off...

i only goto to extremes because i had a nasty experience where my gearknob was so loose i just pulled it straight off coming down from warp speed and into the back of another dudes ute :wave: not happy jan.

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