How the hell do you take it off. I was trying to find the topic but couldnt. Sorry if Im not looking it up right or in the right place.
Thanks,
Johnny

 

twist (kinda hard at first) counter-clockwise

 

Twist hard and once it moves it comes right out after that? Ill give that a try.
Thanks

 

its gonna take a while, but yeah.. jsut twist really hard, it took me a pretty long time for it to budge even a little bit..

 

So I got it off and bought a wooden shift knob from E-bay and found out that the knob is to small and wont even go onto my shifter. This sucks. I thought it was a insert I could probably buy from Acura but they stated that they only sell knobs for its specific car. I even asked when I bought the knob and he said it was on a TL. So Im guessing I may have to fab it by drilling and tapping. Any suggestions?

 

i got mine on ebay, universal fit. it was 50.00 shipped looks awesome. only oem burlwood knob your gonna find is from acura, go to www.autocarparts.com and it is 100.00 but beautiful. or go on ebay and get a slightly different one still beautiful for 50.00 but its a universal fit and easy to install.

 

Apperantly the 99 TL's have a different diameter shift knob from the 2000-2003 models. I also purchased an OEM wood shift knob from e-bay. It fit perfect on my 2001 TL.

The easiest fix (besides getting a new shift knob) would be to drill and tap the knob. I would check first if you have enough metal leftover for support.

 

You gotta drill it out.

I believe it's a 3/8" bit that you'll need to use. Then re thread it. Its very easy. Took me about 30 minutes. Make sure you rethread it slowly or you will strip it.

 

I got mine on E-bay and its a OEM Acura wood shift knob. I guess the diameter is different as the years went on.

acura3.2tLv.....As for drilling it. I was at homedepot about to buy the drill and tap and this guy who is supposilly a Car guy himself told me I can drill it and tap it because I may strip it. Even if you go slow its not possible. How you figure Ive seen people do it carefully and works great. Anyways....besides the point. So I can drill it and retap it?

 

Man return that item you bought, if you can or resell it here in private sales. Then buy the universal shift knob I got. you could easily sell that shift knob for 70.00 on this site. It's brand new and costs 100.00 on autocarparts so i am sure someone will want to save some money and pay you 70.00 for it. then buy the universal shift knob on ebay for 50.00. that way you actually won't lose any money.

 

What do the universal shift knobs look like? Is it still wood? And the knob I bought was supposed to be a universal knob. So I dont know.