How do you remove the shift **** in a 96 automatic trans cherokee?
I need to remove the so i can slide the shifter bezel piece off to replace since the light bulb decided to melt its socket in the shifter bezel and a few of the slides.

 

Put the sifter in drive, grasp firmly in both hands anp pull off in one quick motion

 

Didnt work. I see you have a 98. Im trying on a 96... different style.

 

he is right.........grab it and yank as hard as you can upward.....i have a 91', had a 98', both come off the same. it wont feel like its gonna come off but i promise, thats the way to do it.

 

x3. It does not seem like that's how it comes out, but that's how it comes out. Pull as hard as you can upward, w/both hands.

 

def have to use both hands

 

I always pulled mine down to lo,maybe it is the same as drive.

 

doesnt really matter which gear its in...it all works the same....yank it!!!

 

Yank really damn hard and try not to hit yourself

 

x2 on this

 

Put some arsh into it. dont live up to your screen name, ha ha just kiddin

 

Pump some iron and then pull it.

 

This may seem strange, but when I couldn't get mine off I put tooth picks under as many of the little teeth that hold it in as I could and was able to pull it off with a little more ease.

 

I sat in the back seat and pulled it that way its much easier also try depressing the button

 

Get a long pry bar or cheater pipe. Brace the lower end on the console, using a block of wood like a piece of 2x4 to protect the console plastic and to spread the load a little.

Put the pry/cheater bar under one side of the "T" and pull up smartly.

For even better leverage, you might want to sit in the middle of the back seat.

That "T" handle will fly off and land about 20 feet away!

In the JY, i just take a hammer to them from underneath.

They don't break!