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[Jsp]

Well this one is the least of my problems but the cheapest i assume to fix.
2000 Opel omega 2,5L v6 24valve

My gear knob has the leathery part broken and a piece fell off.. Now when i flick open the top plate that has the 12345R on it, the whole handle just falls off cause it's held on by it. (Sliced in half)

How hard is it to replace the gear knob? What kind of gear knobs fit?

[Jsp]

Bump!

[Jsp]

You don't know how to fix it or the forum is dead?

It has the lift mechanism for reverse so i assume it's not just a twist off thing..

[JoeRadosavljevich]

Maybe it just screws in

[05omegav6]

The knob is not available separately... need a new/replacement assembly

[05omegav6]

You don't know how to fix it or the forum is dead?

It has the lift mechanism for reverse so i assume it's not just a twist off thing..

Neither... bumping a thread because noone has replied in a couple of hours on a saturday afternoon is just plain rude

Anyways, back to my previous post... the following should explain your problem a the solution

There are no nuts as such - the bolts go into a pair of flat bars that have a threaded hole at each end.  By removing the 4 bolts that hold the gear lever mounting onto the support panel, you will have allowed these 2 flat bars to move about (#19 on the diagram below), sounds like you've been unlucky and one has moved too far to be able to catch it with the bolt.

2 ways to fix this...
1) reach your hand to the top of the mounting block (#18 on the diagram) and feel for the loose bar and return it to its correct place - perhaps feel around the good side first so you can get the idea of what it is and where it goes
2) from above, drill out the pop rivets that hold the gear lever gaiter onto the transmission tunnel, you will then be able to see clearly where the errant part is

[tunnie]

You don't know how to fix it or the forum is dead?

It has the lift mechanism for reverse so i assume it's not just a twist off thing..

You bumped a thread after just two hours? 

[JoeRadosavljevich]

Probably a youngster.

[Jsp]

Oh well.. That's rather a poor design. Guess i'll just fabricate something custom then.

[martin341]

Why to fabricate some maybe it holds up, fingers crossed stuff as there is plenty of original spare parts available for not too many €? 
I just bought set of headlights in mint condition( yes, xenon headlights) for 20€/pair.
And your fix is not really a rocketscience to pull off

Martin

[Jsp]

Why to fabricate some maybe it holds up, fingers crossed stuff as there is plenty of original spare parts available for not too many €? 
I just bought set of headlights in mint condition( yes, xenon headlights) for 20€/pair.
And your fix is not really a rocketscience to pull off

Martin

I drive this every day to work and i work overtime each week. I don't have time to do it properly during the week.
I just want a real fast and cheap fix to it.. At the moment it's just held on by the top cap.. And it feels loose and wiggly to the hand.
I thought it would have been just a screw off like all the other cars have.. It's overengineered.. I was thinking about putting an 8ball or something to it but since it requires removing the whole gear lever and replacing it then i'll just let it be.



EDIT:
Okay i searched trough the web and the only way to remove the knob is to destroy it..
I'll probably just pull the leather off and melt a plastic skull or something on top of the metal piece and boom custom gear knob..
Opel just had this poor design to milk money off of it's users and not allow us to customize it.. Typical german engineering.

Never had problems like these on my old mopar.

[JoeRadosavljevich]

Why to fabricate some maybe it holds up, fingers crossed stuff as there is plenty of original spare parts available for not too many €? 


Martin

Good point.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

If the whole gear lever assembly / lever comes off as easily as the Auto transmission ones, then I watched a mechanic mate chisel off the heads of the rivets with a sharpened old screwdriver, and removed the whole lot in about 2 minutes flat. Just then need to detach the linkage.

Don't know how long it will take to melt a skull on or whatever other tasteful modification you were thinking, but there it is. Best of luck. 

[Jsp]

If the whole gear lever assembly / lever comes off as easily as the Auto transmission ones, then I watched a mechanic mate chisel off the heads of the rivets with a sharpened old screwdriver, and removed the whole lot in about 2 minutes flat. Just then need to detach the linkage.

Don't know how long it will take to melt a skull on or whatever other tasteful modification you were thinking, but there it is. Best of luck. 

It's just the idea that you need to take the whole lever off just to change a knob. While other cars you just twist it off like a bottle cap.

[sjc]

The gear knob just pulls off mate (you need to waggle it as you pull, it's very tight). It's not over-engineered 

New one pushes on but you got ya give it a good thump to get it fully home.