Hurst V-gate repair advice needed

Yeah, I figured that I should probably go back to the T handle but I just love the pistol grip so much. It does add height therefore adding throw distance but it is so much more natural feeling.
Mostly I’m looking for any advice on disassembling far enough to remove the stick from the body and if there are any pitfalls involved there. Will be swapping the factory shifter back in until repairs can be made.
Do you think having the grip drilled and tapped deeper and more threads cut on the stick would help? Like instead of 3/4” of threads, go to 1.5” of threads? I’m not up to snuff on my physics :BangHead: