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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: humbucker on 20 September 2016, 19:37:48

Title: Manual gear knob removal
Post by: humbucker on 20 September 2016, 19:37:48

I've searched the forum and found loads of posts asking the question, but no actual answer to the brain-teaser that is 'how do you remove an Omega's manual gear knob if you want to replace it with an aftermarket/Irmscher item?'

Any ideas?  :-\

Title: Re: Manual gear knob removal
Post by: humbucker on 20 September 2016, 19:38:24

Gear stick already out of the car btw

Title: Re: Manual gear knob removal
Post by: frostbite on 20 September 2016, 19:56:09

put it in a vice and yank it off, providing its a lift reverse

Title: Re: Manual gear knob removal
Post by: Bojan on 20 September 2016, 19:57:30

Just pull it off.

Title: Re: Manual gear knob removal
Post by: ffcgary1 on 20 September 2016, 20:01:14

it has to be cut off with a hacksaw, there was a guide on the irmscher site a while back.

Title: Re: Manual gear knob removal
Post by: frostbite on 20 September 2016, 20:07:48

Quote from: ffcgary1 on 20 September 2016, 20:01:14

it has to be cut off with a hacksaw, there was a guide on the irmscher site a while back.

Is that the plastic bit left after the knob falls off?

The shaft is knurled to grip the knob

Title: Re: Manual gear knob removal
Post by: zirk on 20 September 2016, 20:09:43

Just be carefull that you dont pull the reverse lever with it as your stretch and ruin the plastic attachment that lives inside the lever itself. Got that T Shirt.  :-[

Title: Re: Manual gear knob removal
Post by: humbucker on 20 September 2016, 20:38:12

Same principle as this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me4RIH_DcGY

Title: Re: Manual gear knob removal
Post by: frostbite on 20 September 2016, 20:44:26

No just cup it in both hands and pull it off