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#1 Help with gear knob removal please

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:13 pm
by malcolm
My gear knob on my series 2 2+2 is worn, so got a nice new one. But can't get the old one off! Am I trying to remove just the knob, or the tapered chrome bit underneath? Any tips will be gratefully appreciated!
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#2

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:27 pm
by 1954Etype
get a nicely fitting open end spanner on the flats of the tapered chrome piece and (as you look down on the gear knob, turn it clockwise (as if doing it up). At the same time, turn the gear knob anti clock to unscrewit.

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Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 1:44 pm
by malcolm
Ah! Thanks! I was trying to get the chrome shoulder off too, rather than just the knob! Done it now - I know the gear knob isn't original, but I think it looks nice, The growler in the middle of the knob matches my steering wheel one exactly, and I haven't seen that elsewhere.
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#4

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:12 pm
by malcolm
Sorry guys; fiddled with bucketshop and lost my pics for a while!