If it is a manual Ford Ranger 98, simply open the boot at the base, remove the nut that is on the bolt, put the nut on the other side and tighten it there instead. Then the bolt will be forced out of the shaft.
Unscrew and screw in new one.
Are you asking about the shift lever on a column shift car or the console shift handle?
You can just replace the pin/bushing. I found out too late. Paid 80 dollars for the whole cable and ended up just using the plastic bushing? Go to ATFspeed.com for replacement pin/bushing. 19 dollars
loosen the bolt on the lever, remove the lever and replace in the new angle, then retighten.
I am having the same problem and it turns out to be that the bushing in the control arm to the frame is shot. The control arm is not suppose to move at all. This will also cause tire wear. You can actually replace the bushing at an inexpensive cost however, if you try to buy the bushing kit from the Saturn dealer, they will tell you that you have to replace the control arm. That is very expensive. By the way , you need a press to replace the bushing.
That section is called the gear shift linkage. Most likely, the clutch cable ends in an "end loop", which is a circle on the end of the clutch cable. There's a metal ball at the bottom of the shift lever (the gear shift, the thing you change gears with) that goes into the end loop. This metal ball going into the end loop is called "Ball Joint Linkage". The little fastener that keeps the ball and the end joint together is called a bushing. Don't let a mechanic replace your clutch cable when all you have is a broken bushing!
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On my 2000 Boxster it just pulls off the lever.
Under the dashboard implies a column shift. This would mean a mechanical linkage. If so there is a connection on the steering column just outside the firewall in the engine compartment, a rod down to the frame and another rod to the transmission. At any one of these points there is a hard plastic or brass bushing. The rod may have come out of the bushing, the bushing worn or missing. The entire length of the shift rod should be visible and worn or broken point found.
Auto - fill it from the dipstick tube.Manual - remove the shift lever and fill from the top.
Do you want to replace just the lever or the shift lever control? If it is just the lever pull the rubber cover back away from the column and you should see a pin or a screw that runs through the middle of the shifter column. Get a small punch and punch the pin out, or if it is a screw just screw it out of the column. It will probably be a star drive screw. Hope this helps.
Auto or stick? Stick, it's probably a problem with the clutch or pilot bushing/bearing. Auto, it's probably a problem with the linkage.