changing standard gear knob

[ryan17hurley]

i've bought a momo twist on gear knob but am having trouble taking the old one off, any one got any suggestions on how to remove it? thanks

 

[Vern]

Hacksaw, molegrips and alot of swearing, im afraid mate, the std one is glued on and a pain to remove

 

[ryan17hurley]

ah seems like a lot of work is it not worth it?

 

[StevenMc29]

10 minute job. use a hacksaw and cut a + shape in it then it should be okay to twist off with either mole grips or your hands

 

[ryan17hurley]

k mate cheers, but is there not a way to do it without wrecking the std one?

 

[cat171]

I used a thing which was a rubber strip & a handle which you could adjust, it grips it & won't mess it up. It's along the same lines as an oil filter chain removal tool. Got it from b&q.

 

[AstoN]

Just happens to be for removing oil filters too?

I've got same thing, red handle.

 

[cat171]

Yeah that sounds like it, I never used it for an oil filter. I guess it does those too though.

 

[pinky]

Can peal back the rubber from the old one..then use a big wrench type thing to twist the hard plastick bit off inside..it has smelly fish glue holding it on. sorted takes 5 mins