neilto
25-04-2012, 10:04 AM
There has been a few threads on this but not a proper "how to" so I did a bit of an explore last night to see what was involved. Got a nice new wooden gear lever knob from ebay that will look good with its tan/beige interior and there is a new leather gaiter on its way to replace the vinyl frayed one on now.
Easily managed to undo the trim at the bottom of the gaiter and achieve the inverted umbrella effect. Hard to see how to undo the clip that retains the top of the gaiter and propably holds on the knob. Other threads have suggested this need cutting off and then persumably a new jubilee clip is required for the rebuild. The clip is pretty substantial and hard to get to so good strong cuters will be required.
The gearchange is a bit notchy especially involving 2nd gear so im thinking of stripping cleaning and lubricating the PTFE ball and socket arrangement at the bottom of the gearstick. This seems to be secured with a large circlip so my plan is to undo this and pull the gearstick out. I've done this before with a BMW when fitting a shortshift and I recall it needing a strong tug to pop it out. If any one else has done this feedback would be appreciated.
I'll attempt to photograph the procedure with a view to creating a how to.
Easily managed to undo the trim at the bottom of the gaiter and achieve the inverted umbrella effect. Hard to see how to undo the clip that retains the top of the gaiter and propably holds on the knob. Other threads have suggested this need cutting off and then persumably a new jubilee clip is required for the rebuild. The clip is pretty substantial and hard to get to so good strong cuters will be required.
The gearchange is a bit notchy especially involving 2nd gear so im thinking of stripping cleaning and lubricating the PTFE ball and socket arrangement at the bottom of the gearstick. This seems to be secured with a large circlip so my plan is to undo this and pull the gearstick out. I've done this before with a BMW when fitting a shortshift and I recall it needing a strong tug to pop it out. If any one else has done this feedback would be appreciated.
I'll attempt to photograph the procedure with a view to creating a how to.