Originally Posted by Larskeller
If you wanted to remove the gear shift **** and disassemble the complete console, put it all back together and not damage or break anything else, and take about 4 hours to do this then yes, you could have done that. My time is worth more than that plus the aggravation factor.
If it takes you 4 hrs, then you are best to rip it out as you did. I have changed over 3 to the bins and the last one took about 20 minutes. And nothing broke.