<VV> Disassembly of late model 4-speed shifter base

[Louis C. Armer,Jr.]

Hey Bill, No it will not blow up. It will probably help if you soften 
the old grease with WD 40
or maybe you can use some mineral spirits and submerge the whole 
assembly to loosen things
up a bit. It helps if you have a third hand but you can also cover 
the end of the pipe so you can
push on it with your body and have both hands free to facilitate 
freeing up the locking ring. I use PVC
pipe as it seems to rotate less and grabs the bottom of the shifter 
bell a bit better than a metal pipe.
Once you get it disassembled, make sure you relocate the locking ring 
correctly as it will only lock
back in one way as the locking tangs are different sizes. Good Luck.

Chuck Armer
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At 12:59 AM 4/3/2007, you wrote:
>I am attempting to clean all the old hard grease out of my shifter and am
>having some difficulty. The shop manual says to use tool J-.... which I don't
>have, or a length of 1.5" pipe, bought at local hardware store. The pipe fits
>perfectly but it takes quite a lot of preassure to feel any movement 
>against the
>spring. When the spring is compressed I can't figure out how to rotate the
>locking piece that keeps it all together. If I am successful will 
>the whole thing
>blow up through the pipe. Has anyone done this procedure?
>Bill Sanders
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