gear knob trouble

[stevo_b]

ive just bought a 1998 S reg clio witha lift up reverse and i recently bought a blue LED gear knob but i cant get the old gear knob off! any ideas? ive tried pullin and twistin but the b*ggers stuck tight!

 

[Roamer]

cloth, mole grips, lots of swearing lol

 

[Final Maxim]

they have to be junior hacksawed off mate or some people have used long arm grips.

 

[Middo]

i used a combination of junior hacksaw, drill, stanley knife and flat blade screwdriver. absolute bugger as it wouldnt budge lol

 

[Pete]

Blow torch! lol

BUt seriously, best best it to cut the bloody thing off, theyre heated up when they are fitted so its an absolute b**ch to get off. We tried using a heat gun to reverse the fitting process but failed and ended up cutting it off.

 

[durdzzz]

get it cut off!

 

[JJ!]

He has bought a Blue LED gear knob and you guys are telling him how to put it on - disgrace to you all!!

 

[Rob555]

I pulled the top part of mine off, but but how do you get the plastic bit of underneath to enable to you put the new Gear knob on??

 

[Final Maxim]

Quote: Originally posted by Rob555 on 07 March 2005

I pulled the top part of mine off, but but how do you get the plastic bit of underneath to enable to you put the new Gear knob on??

read through the thread again and note these words "cut" "hacksaw" "blowtorch"

 

[durdzzz]

Quote: Originally posted by Justy on 07 March 2005

He has bought a Blue LED gear knob and you guys are telling him how to put it on - disgrace to you all!!

lol he shud be

 

[Rob555]

read through the thread again and note these words "cut" "hacksaw" "blowtorch"

I thought it was only the rubber part you were talking about cutting off..

[Edited by Rob555 on 07 March 2005 at 10:56am]

 

[Final Maxim]

lol cut the lot off, its actually quite fun