Anyone ever pulled there Knob off

[visceral]

LOL!.

Gearknob I mean...had a quick dabble with mine with a view to changing it for a go-faster chrome one.

didnt seen to wanna move - didnt want to get too brutal.

 

[Chris_H]

grab and twist. Dont be a fairy and they are not glued on either.

 

[Bryan]

had to use a pair of mole grips on my mates, was stuck on good and porper

 

[Hollywood Hogan]

Yeh i mad a bit of a mess to be honest

 

[BozVanDam]

Well you know how it is - you pull, you push, you twist a little and before you know it . . . . . . a bit of a mess

 

[CraigM]

If you want to remove it without marking it go to Halfords or B+Q and get a baby boa constrictor wrench (like: http://www.tool-up.co.uk/exec/toolup/MISBABYBOA.html?id=sVCna4QFhttp://www.tool-up.co.uk/exec/toolup/MISBABYBOA.html?id=sVCna4QF)- also useful for removing oil filters.

 

[Scudetto]

ahem...

Ive often found that my knob is too big and wont fit in my hand comfortably. Sometimes its too stiff, so I have to insert it gently into the second slot.

(Im sorry - it was difficult to write about the size of the gear knob without lewd sexual innuendo, so I though, oh just go for it!)

g

 

[ClioJohn]

i just used mole grips, two turns and it was off...i must be well strong !

 

[visceral]

right out comes the spinach!!!

(watch me bleedin break it now!!)

 

[KDF]

*watches visceral bleed, while he brakes his car*

 

[visceral]

if my wife finds out Ive broken it Ill bleed....oh yes!!

 

[16V_Matt]

yea i managed to pull my gear knob off when i was having a little clutch trouble a while back now it just spins arround!

 

[paddymph]

dont be a girl, do this:

Get hack saw, saw from side inwards (theyre plastic underneath the leather). Peel off leather and yank it off. REplace with Mk1 172 gearnob,

There u are, all courtesy of Paul172, i know cos im doing it in a few weeks, it looks miles better and feels top.

 

[visceral]

Paddy - giz a shout when ur doing it - i wanna watch!!

Tried unscrewing it......NOT A CHANCE!! They must use super duper thread lock or something!

Sounds like the old hacksaw might just be the ticket.

 

[viceroy]

Quote: Originally posted by paddymph on 04 June 2003


dont be a girl, do this:

Get hack saw, saw from side inwards (theyre plastic underneath the leather). Peel off leather and yank it off. REplace with Mk1 172 gearnob,

There u are, all courtesy of Paul172, i know cos im doing it in a few weeks, it looks miles better and feels top.





Wait till winter...youll need to piss on your hand to get it off

 

[BenR]

LMAO!!! so true, in sunn HK they could reach 50+ deg.......i used my sunglasses case on the knob haha!

 

[viceroy]

I know what you mean Ben,

The heat teaches you to change gear VERY quickly, but that sunglasses trick sounds good. must try it

 

[BenR]

oakley sunglasses bag over the knob...lol....its good, keeps it clean too.

Also noticed that my ring left a score after a million changes on the MK1.....so its marked as mine forever! haha

 

[ClioJohn]

why would you need a hacksaw...it pulls off...its very very easy.

 

[paddymph]

not according to Paul, hes done it and works for Reno, and Visc, yes mate ill give u bell

 

[visceral]

I am sure the gear stick and knob are actually one piece LOL

there is no way I can shift it with me bare hands, I know its not winter but I tried the piss thing, just makes it more slippy.

Paddy Ill email u me mobile - r u going to the meet on Sat at JJB?

 

[ClioJohn]

well mine pulled off so i must have a weird car.

 

[paul172 .]

Yeah as Paddy said cut down the side in two places through the plastic and pull it off, or you could try using molegrips but wouldnt like to think what it was doing to the linkage underneath. We had to change 100 gearnobs on the Senics in 1 day at work as they all came with the wrong spec gearnobs on, and all of them were bonded on.

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/file.php?image=1054810795__DSCF0019.jpg

It looks so much better now with the mk1 172 gearnob fitted. Paul

 

[MaLicE]

erm u are all fairys i pulled mine off took a bit of grunting etc but it came off easy enuf, top tip posistion your face just above the nob and pull straight up



watched a m8 take a steering wheel of once, undid the bolt and pulled couldnt get it off yanked really hard hit him self in the face and needed 12 stitches on his lip where he smacked him self lol, dont think i have ever laffed so much in my life lol.

 

[Dave]

LMFAO! I have had a lil go at mine its fecking hard