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how do you get the "shift lever extension" off of the "shift lever" in order to remove the "dustboot" and the "shift lever"?

i know alot of yall have replaced BA10s so hopefully someone can shed some light on this situatioin... maybe ill take a pic to better describe what I'm havin trouble with.

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how do you get the "shift lever extension" off of the "shift lever" in order to remove the "dustboot" and the "shift lever"?

i know alot of yall have replaced BA10s so hopefully someone can shed some light on this situatioin... maybe ill take a pic to better describe what I'm havin trouble with.

 

Are you talking about that little round black boot/seal on the top of the shifter body? . If so there in a clip under the extention's lip , you can pull it and work the extention off the rubber bushing but.............. IT aint easy :eek: . Why are you trying to break the shifter down?

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Good question!!!!

 

I have never been able to separate them.

 

They are connected by means of a rubber bush but i was not able to separate both, the shift lever and the extension. And i could not find info in tha mannuals I have.

 

Fernando

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There is (or was) a special tool that old line Jeep dealers had for disassembling those shifter handles. It required having the assembly out of the tranny anyway, to put the shift handle in a vise, so for this purpose it would not have been helpful. The shop foreman at my dealership told me they tossed theirs years ago -- it is difficult to use, and there was virtually never a need for it. They needed the space in the tool crib for tools they use.

 

Without that special tool, I believe there is no non-destructive way to separate the upper shift handle from the lower extension.

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