Can't get the Trany Handle off on 147

ole 147 · #1 07-12-2009, 08:46 PM

OK I give up.
I've been wressling with the hydro lever and it won!

I need to take the handle off so I can take the dash off for repair.
I can`t see a set screw in it, but it wont come off.

What`s the secret?

Not the set screw that's on the workbench.
Any good help at this point will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
ole 147

Matt G. · #2 07-12-2009, 09:12 PM

There's a setscrew underneath the handle portion of it. That's probably most of the problem.

ole 147 · #3 07-13-2009, 12:09 AM

Thanks Mat but no set screw, thats on the work bench.

R Bedell · #4 07-13-2009, 06:49 AM

Ole147:

Did you try spraying PB Blaster (or Kroil) in the Set Screw Hole and allowing it to soak & penetrate...??

67hydro · #5 07-13-2009, 09:13 AM

Hey Roland....Others
This is the second posting of someone who is having great difficulty getting the hydro handel off,cant remember where the first was but it was recent.

There has to be some trick to getting that thing off????Id like to know it,anyone have any experience??
Jason

ole 147 · #6 07-13-2009, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R Bedell

Ole147:

Did you try spraying PB Blaster (or Kroil) in the Set Screw Hole and allowing it to soak & penetrate...??

I used WD-40 in the hole don't have PB Blaster. I tried this morning no go.
I'll squirt it some more in it & try it again before I go to work.

R Bedell · #7 07-13-2009, 12:23 PM

WD40 is NOT a penetrate. If you use PB Blaster, you will see the difference.

ole 147 · #8 07-13-2009, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R Bedell

WD40 is NOT a penetrate. If you use PB Blaster, you will see the difference.

OK where do U get PB BLASTER?
I've never heard of it before.

ole 147 · #9 07-13-2009, 02:44 PM

OK. OK! here is the scoop.
After I read the one post that told me to get PB Blaster

I went looking for it. But before I went I shot some more WD-40 in the hole.
I came back empty handed couldn't find any PB Blaster.
Then I remembered This tool I made a few years back.: Dug it out, made new grippers and a retainer hook.:ThumbsUp
The tool is a small slide hammer...
Hooked it up, tweeked it a little. Five or six slaps and:biggrin2.gif:
It popped off.

I then checked the spline shaft it cane off of. It was coated with WD-40.
Then I picked up the can and it states that it penetrates, though it may not do I really good job at penetrating I did work out for me here, or did it? I will have to say that I wouldn't have got it off so easily with out the little slide hammer that saved the day.
I want to thank all for the help. I want to get some of that PB Blaster.
I never heard of that before. Maybe I wouldn't have needed to get out my little slide hammer.

Thanks again
ole 147

RPalmer · #10 07-13-2009, 02:59 PM

This is worth what you paid for it. I use a product called Deep Creep (made by Sea Foam). Not to be different but because I can get. I think it works great. I have never used BP Blaster so I can't compare them for you.