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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: joff on 04 August 2010, 14:19:24

Title: manual gear knob
Post by: joff on 04 August 2010, 14:19:24

How do you take the gear knob off of the gear lever :-?

Title: Re: manual gear knob
Post by: pedroMV6 on 04 August 2010, 21:29:51

With some degree of difficulty, usually! ;)
In theory, they pull off.
In practice, they're held on with Loctite 641 bearing retaining fluid - or equivalent, same as lots of Vauxhalls.

I've sawn them off before, but only when a replacement is to hand! :y

Title: Re: manual gear knob
Post by: joff on 05 August 2010, 09:12:32

That seems mad you would think they would screw on :-/

Title: Re: manual gear knob
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 05 August 2010, 09:26:30

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That seems mad you would think they would screw on :-/

I had a 98 elite which had a screw on gearknob. Since that car though they have been glued on like Pedro said.
Otherwise swap the whole thing by dropping it out from underneath   :y