Help with shifter removal

[whitesik]

I need help. I am helping a friend with his 710m and we need to remove the shifter. We can not get the "shifter shaft" removed. This is Group: 02-30-03 in the diagram. The roll pin, Group 02-30-02, has been removed. We really don't see a plastic bushing, Group: 02-30-01. We have tried to punch this out, mainly right to left without success. We have used s significant amount of PB blaster and heat. What are we doing wrongly. Any tricks or advice? Thanks.

[whitesik]

nobody?

[rmel]

Wish I could help Keith....but of all the things I have torn apart
the shifter was not one of them

[whitesik]

Thanks! It looks straight forward but that pin will not budge. One would think the plastic shim means it is a little loose. I thought maybe it was tapered but the drawing does not imply that.