Getting MGW knob on, holy Sh*t..........

[Sean Roe]

Tools needed: 19mm & 17 mm wrenches.

Pull shifter boot down to expose jam nut at the base of the shifter knob. Loosen jam nut, unscrew shifter knob.

Hope that helps.

 

[Supercharged Vipermad]

I just did mine, 00 gts, and it was a pain to get that thing loose the first time. Must be a robot that puts that together. What worked for me was to put the wrench on the jam nut right of center, wrench on the shifter in center then pull them together. Good luck!

 

[Joseph Houss]

Here's the secret:

Attach an open end wrench to each nut, close enough to each other to squeeze them (as you would the arms of a pliers) in one hand. Squeeze firmly..and ****!

This will avoid slipping or burring.

 

[BWoodbury]

I just did mine last night and I was amazed at how difficult it was to undo. But I did it with 2 openend wrenches. Took me four tries to get me to use enough force, but it will losen, you just gotta crank on it!

Dodge swears no robots asembling Vipers and I believe them. Must be one big guy though.

BTW I found the shift knob to make a world of difference. Scared the sh*t out of me on my first 1st to 2nd shift this morning. Thought I knew how to drive the car, back to school I guess.

Shifting at 5200 I used to see the tach drop all the way to 3000 between shifts. With the MGW knob revs never get below 4000. What a difference! Not bad for $80. Not bad at all.

 

[Maverick The Electrician]

Hope I dont have the same problem, I just ordered a new one today.

 

[phiebert]

Nice to know I wasn't the only "weakling" out there. That little locking nut was @#$%#$ tight! George, if you read this add one little thing to your instructions:

"Place TOP (shift knob) wrench at 7 o'clock position and BOTTOM (locking nut) at 5 o'clock and then squeeze together."

I found not having done it before and it being so tight I wasn't sure if the thread was reversed and didn't want to keep yanking on it to the point that I damaged something. Finally got it but it would have helped to be sure I wasn't squeezing it tighter. In the end my locking nut still doesn't move, like it's fused on. I screwed on the new MGW one until it's tight and lucked out with the snake head facing where I wanted it because I couldn't move the lock nut.

 

[Frank 03SRT]

Memorize the post from Joe Houss. THAT's the easy way to do it. Worked for me.

 

[phiebert]

Except that Joe's doesn't mention which wrench on which side. Until you have the knob off you can't see the thread.

 

[Kurt 97 GTS]

Maybe it's just me, but my shifter went on in about 1 minute without any problems.

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[nutsRT]

Installed the MGW shifter,knobs,lighter and oil dipstick in about 10 minutes. The shifter was easy using 2 adjustable wrenches.Put the first wrench on shifter stem using the indents. The second wrench on the hex nut 7 oclock position and loosened the hex nut slightly. The stock shifter knob screwed off easily. I just reversed the process to install the MGW. The new shifter makes a 100% improvement in going through the shift pattern.

Perry

 

[Supercharged Vipermad]

you guys are whimps I had no problems...just kidding my 96 RT/10 was a bear but worth the effort. Everything I've seen from George has been quality work and he never seems to busy to chat with you when you call.

regards

 

[Maverick The Electrician]

I just got mine today, order 2 shift knobs, and the dip stick. Great looking stuff !!

 

[Supercharged Vipermad]

Why are you guys complaining? There is no nut on the older shifters. I had to used a pair of vice grips on my 94 and of course I added a couple of scratches on my interior in the process.