Sorry I am very new to the forums I have no idea how to post pictures. When I lifted the boot, which was completely destroyed, I tried to spin the nut which was on the passenger side of the shifter, and it just spun so I removed the whole assembly and grinded the nut off and tapped the bolt out, which was in pieces. I was told the transmission was rebuild, and I know the clutch was changed. I hope my transmission was not rebuild by somebody who doesn't know how to remove a shifter. I sprayed it with WD-40 for days, and yellow clumps showed up everywhere. I thought it might be glued. How would I dissolve it or just get it out? I just wanted shifter bushings.

 

Wow. Does sound like it's glued. If the nut was on the passenger side and he kept tightening the nut it would pull the wedged shaft tighter.

Here is a picture showing a removed stub and a stub installed in the shifter lever. As you can see in the fully seated stub no key slot in the stub is visible. The two red arrows show the exposed area which is .56 inches.

If the top bushing that is still on the stub is not cracked I would just use it as is and install the new bottom bushing.

To install the bottom bushing you tap one of the pivot pins sideways until it's flush with the inside of the shifter tower and slip the new lower bushing in position. If the pivot pin is loose you can use some loctite.

Forget using a torch. A heat gun might work to melt the glue. It appears some of the shifter lever is plastic. You could also try soaking the area in lacquer thinner and see if that disolves the glue. The idiot might have used hot glue.

Last resort if you can't get the stub shaft out is to cut your new top bushing in half then glue it back together. Sounds drastic but it will work.

 

Got it, thanks everybody. The bushings were worth every bit of trouble too.