This will be option 1 in replacing the Transfer Case Shifter handle with the old style knob.
I guess this will be the quick and dirty option. Anyone can do this, you don't even have to remove the console.
I used one of those aftermarket shifter knobs that slide over the shifter shaft and is held on with grub screws.
First, I cut off the old handle. I packed some old bed sheets around the handle then used a cut off wheel in a angle grinder. I cut off the handle as high as I could. Now, the plastic part of the handle that you cut through will smoke a little bit. I took about half a dozen goes and stopped everytime it started to smoke, wasn't much but I wasn't in a rush. Then you get a few sparks when you cut through the shaft itself, that's why I put all the rags down, just so I didn't burn a hole in the seats. Like I said, I just took my time and didn't try to cut through it in one go, just in case the plastic caught fire.
Rather be safe than sorry.
Once the handle was cut off, the bit left behind just pulled off the shaft.
Then I painted on a bit of primer and black paint to protect the end of the shaft, then slid on the adapter and knob on and tightened up the grub screws.
It's ok for now, but I think I will probably pull the shaft and weld on an extension and find an adapter for the knob so it screws directly to the end of the shaft. Because I think I would like it to be a bit longer.
It does feel much better already though.
I guess this will be the quick and dirty option. Anyone can do this, you don't even have to remove the console.
I used one of those aftermarket shifter knobs that slide over the shifter shaft and is held on with grub screws.
First, I cut off the old handle. I packed some old bed sheets around the handle then used a cut off wheel in a angle grinder. I cut off the handle as high as I could. Now, the plastic part of the handle that you cut through will smoke a little bit. I took about half a dozen goes and stopped everytime it started to smoke, wasn't much but I wasn't in a rush. Then you get a few sparks when you cut through the shaft itself, that's why I put all the rags down, just so I didn't burn a hole in the seats. Like I said, I just took my time and didn't try to cut through it in one go, just in case the plastic caught fire.
Rather be safe than sorry.
Once the handle was cut off, the bit left behind just pulled off the shaft.
Then I painted on a bit of primer and black paint to protect the end of the shaft, then slid on the adapter and knob on and tightened up the grub screws.
It's ok for now, but I think I will probably pull the shaft and weld on an extension and find an adapter for the knob so it screws directly to the end of the shaft. Because I think I would like it to be a bit longer.
It does feel much better already though.
