Taking off and on chrome shift handle

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DRUMMOND
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Your car is a: Fiat Spyder 2000 1980 Pininfarina

Taking off and on chrome shift handle

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Hi

I searched for the method to do this and came up with not much?

So here is the method. Photo's attached

Plastic collar is located at the bottom of the chrome shaft, you have to pry this out with a small screwdriver gently it will pop out make sure you rotate it as you pry it out.that's it, now you can lift off the shaft. Make sure you get the rubber bushing and the second internal collar.
Replacing it is a little bit more challenging. 8)

I found that when I tried to put the collar back it was a little hard to hold down the shaft and squeeze the bottom collar at the same time :evil:

So I used some safety wire and squeezed it gently so that it would pop in with no problem and then just cut the wire off. :mrgreen:

Make sure you only squeeze it a certain amount so that when it pops in it will hold while you cut the wire.
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Dougieb
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Re: Taking off and on chrome shift handle

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That is one cool idea!
I plan on stealing.....uh......er......borrowing ghat idea when I put my shifter back in.

Thanks!
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Re: Taking off and on chrome shift handle

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i found a lot of good information here. Its good to pay back :D
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