You won't need to remove your tripknob extension shaft, it's not visible to the outside world, being covered by the rubber boot and knob.
But, if you must, here's how I had to do mine.
First, wrap some protective tape around the aluminum shaft extension, and clamp a small vicegrip on that thing.
Then remove the trip shaft's retainer c-clip.
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Skootch the tripmeter to the left, exposing the shaft's right end.
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Using small, serrated jaw, needle-nose pliers, get a death-grip on that shaft end.
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The extension shaft uses left-hand-threads. The factory used threadlocker on the threads, and it is really locked on there. I had to twist one way, then the other, several times before it started to loosen up. Not a *pop* release, more of an imperceptibly slow yield. Eventually it unthreaded.
*Dayum!*
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As an afterthought, maybe heating that extension with a soldering iron would have made it release sooner...
Thank you so much for all of the effort you made on my ( and future others) behalf!
That is a terrific write up and your detailed photos really help to make this easy to understand. You da man!
I’ll shoot you a PM about those spare parts.
Never turn down spare parts!
Thanks Again!
Bob