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How to remove the center console:

1. Apply parking brake, shift transmission to neutral, disconnect battery, remove front seats.

2. Remove left and right side lower trim panels at bottom front of console under dash, next to floor. Pull straight out on the piece towards the rear of the truck, then pull the panel towards the rear of the truck. They are held on by plastic clips.

3. Remove two phillips screws under lower trim panels at the front lower side portions of the center console.

4. Unscrew and remove gear shift knob.

5. Open hinged console box lid and pull rubber mat from bottom of center console box & remove three screws (2 phillips & 1 torx).

6. Remove two exposed bolts, one on each side of center console toward the rear.

7. Pull out rubber square just rearward of shift gate assembly & just forward of small open box area. Remove two torx.

8. Pull up on shift gate assembly to unclip.

9. Disconnect wire connectors under shift gate assembly and disengage wire connector plastic holding clips from holes.

10. Pull shift gate assembly up past shift lever and set aside (you can't do this with shifter in park).

11. Remove two phillips screws under shift gate assembly at forward end of console.

12. Pull up on flange of metal spring clip to release shift cable (very little force required).

13. Wipe a little of the excess silicon grease on the bushing for the shift cable yoke and push the yoke sideways off of the bushing, toward the passenger door.

14. Remove 3 or 4 harnesses.

15. Lift rear of console and move rearward being sure to clear lower left corner of glovebox.

15. Remove console from truck to reveal console bracket.

16. Remove obvious bolts to disengage bracket from floor.

This is alot easier than it sounds.

here are a few diagram pages to help

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Is it a necessity to remove one or both seats? All I want to do is poke a radio under and inside teh console. Maybe I should consider under the seat by the voofer....

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you dont really need to remove the seats, the very back piece of the console pops open if u need it to, and the 2 bolts that are next to the seats you can get to if need be without removing the seats, its tight, but u can do it

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And how, pray tell; does one do that??

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you can see a little crease on the sides of the console, take a flat head screwdriver and pry it open

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Hmm. I guess if I had cods the size of grapefruit that wouldn't be a problem. Until then, I think Imma put it on the floor under the seat beside the subwoofer.

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