Removing Gear Knob

[GuyH08]

I want to take on my standars gear knob to put on a new one, i searched on here and saw that you just twist it off anti-clockwise.....but it dosent seem that easy i tried to twist it but it didnt work

any ideas?

cheers

 

[joesouthgate]

just put some elbow grease into it it comes off in the end,

 

[andy]

get some big mole grips on it since your putting another 1 on it dont matter if you scuff or mark the rubber

 

[GuyH08]

ok thanks guys, looks like il just have to give it another go.
is there any chance that by twisting it you could damage anything further down the stick?

 

[andy]

possible.... but you could use some other grips on the stick just below the gearknob to hold it.

 

[squarepants]

yearh it does come off anti clockwise...i used mole grips on my old one (was a leather almera gti gearknob) and that scuffed all the leather off it :S as said elbow grease! lol

 

[Rob..]

my dad just grabbed it and pulled it straight up because i was struggling to twist it lol. You are suposed to twist it and dont be scared of getting really aggressive with it

 

[Antony]

dont do what i did at jae. i managed to get a nob in my face....lol

 

[Rob..]

Antony... what happened at jae? "/ haha

 

[andy]

dont do what i did at jae. i managed to get a nob in my face....lol

more to the point who,s was it ?

 

[Optispart]

more to the point who,s was it ?

lmfao

 

[micra_tom]

dont do what i did at jae. i managed to get a nob in my face....lol

Officaly the best quote of 2009 lol

 

[Dragonmaster_uk]

dont do what i did at jae. i managed to get a nob in my face....lol

don`t think you should have mentioned that one after it being quote of JAE just cleared the car out and found my old one though

 

[Scouse boy]

lmao, this thread has made my day!
Definately quote of the day!

 

[Antony]

it was dragon masters, i was giving it a good ol'pull and it just came off, smacked me right in the mouth. even worse when i slid it back on and did it again, this time got it square in the nose....

had a great day though...lol

 

[Dragonmaster_uk]

luckily when i came to do the handbrake a few days ago that slid straight off looks like nissan have a sense of humour doorcards on the other hand are a whole diffrent story one hidden screw took me four hours in the cold