Its always the easy stuff that drives you crazy...

Trying to disassemble my 58's column shifter for cleaning and painting. Have looked at the factory assembly manual, and it appears that the pivot pins should depress enough to remove the shift lever. Mine do not. Is there a secret to this known only to advanced Stovebolters that one of you might share with me??

Secondly, does the upper support screw off the end of the shifter shaft? The manual shows threads, but again, mine does not want to budge.

Thanks for any help,


Richard
58 3104