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I thought that they were bonded on but it turned out that the gear stick actually has diamond cut knurling around the top 2-3cm. The white shroud you see in the last picture is then pressed onto the stick. It took about 45mins of prying with a small screwdriver and twisting to get it off.
Just fitted one to my replacement stick. They are just a machined aluminium ball so can only assume they are bonded somehow from the factory. Not sure how you would remove one though without damaging it.