AdamMJ Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Hi folks, has anyone successfully removed an original gear knob on an SC? I’ve been bashing a 15mm spanner at the base of the plastic gear knob for over an hour and starting to wonder if the whole gearbox is going to come out before the knob!! any tips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Maybe the PO used some glue? Bash harder........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris T Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Bit of heat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamMJ Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 Thanks both, I’ll keep going - just wanted to make sure I hadn’t missed the obvious... like a thread or grub screw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris T Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Assuming it’s the original knob, no thread no grub screw... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
World Citizen Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Nothing like bashing your knob for an hour with nothing happening to get you frustrated Have you tried looking at some online video's or asking for a helping hand 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamMJ Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 Thanks for the advice - I’ll keep bashing away! :)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type911 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 29 minutes ago, World Citizen said: Nothing like bashing your knob for an hour with nothing happening to get you frustrated Have you tried looking at some online video's or asking for a helping hand You can spend a lot of time googling those questions......................... Its just bonded on from the factory with araldite, gentle heat and hit up from below with the aid of a spanner as you are doing, you just need to break the bonding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamMJ Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 Thanks for all the advice - gave up today - tough little bugger! Will start again tomorrow... I’m hoping re-fitting will be more straight forward... Time will tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proporsche Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 can i see you knob which you are trying to remove..from factory there is a metal spacer clip inside.... Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorscheApostle Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 As Ivan says, there's a sleeve insert on the OE knob, that said many have been bonded on to stop them rotating. 🤷 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Hart Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 On 13/02/2021 at 15:28, AdamMJ said: Hi folks, has anyone successfully removed an original gear knob on an SC? I’ve been bashing a 15mm spanner at the base of the plastic gear knob for over an hour and starting to wonder if the whole gearbox is going to come out before the knob!! any tips? Much easier to remove the gearstick from the car and clamp in a soft jaw vice. Then use the tap with a spanner hammer method. I couldn’t budge mine in the car either. There’s a horrid little sprung steel sleeve inside. I thought I’d do the right thing and get a new one before installing a wooden 917 style knob. I could not get it to go back on at all. Ended up cutting the sleeve in half to get it to go on. Then it came off in my hand when going into reverse so I used 3/4 of it and that was ok. For a week... Then it came off again, but this time the metal insert came out of the wooden ball so I glued it with trim adhesive and so far so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proporsche Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 John you better remember that work..so in the future you are not going to sweat what mechanic glued my stick knob;-)))))))))))) Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Hart Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 7 minutes ago, proporsche said: John you better remember that work..so in the future you are not going to sweat what mechanic glued my stick knob;-)))))))))))) Ivan No need. The part I glued was only the metal insert into the wooden ball. No glue on the gear stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamMJ Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 Thanks Jonny. Just before I removed the stick I tried carefully cutting the plastic off with a hacksaw. This worked well - thankfully! On a different note, I’m considering purchasing one of your CDi’s - will call to discuss. Can any of you guys recommend a garage that has experience of fitting SSi’s? Seems to be quite a specialised job so would like to find someone whose done it before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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