Removing an auto gear knob

[ChrisPee]

Hi chaps, as the title says - I'm ordering new leather waiters and wondered how easy it is to remove an auto knob? I fitted them easily on my manual, but that has a smaller knob (ooh er missus).

[Doctor Gollum]

Either cut it off or dismantle half the car to remove the lever

Plenty of recent discussions for fitting the new one...

[Shackeng]

Hi chaps, as the title says - I'm ordering new leather waiters and wondered how easy it is to remove an auto knob? I fitted them easily on my manual, but that has a smaller knob (ooh er missus).

Do tell

[Nick W]

Leave it in place.


Remove the old gaiter by cutting the first 10mm (approx) of vertical stitching.


Your new gaiter will almost certainly have a much bigger neck, that will fit over the knob and need gathering to hold it in place. Mine came with a cable tie, which worked but was ugly. I slipped some lockwire into the sleeve instead, twisted the ends together, and tucked them in so nothing was visible which looked a lot better.


The handbrake gaiter was the same, but I kept the cable tie as it wasn't visible.


You'll probably need to do a bit of adjusting to get them to fit to the plastic mounts; a sharp blade, contact adhesive and some stretching - standard trimming techniques - takes care of that.

[ChrisPee]

Thanks guys. Waiters indeed