Passat B5.5 Remove / Refit Gear Knob/Gaiter

[RobBentley]

Hi

I bought a replacement leather gaiter for my B5.5 passat around 6 months ago. Numerous times i've thought "this can't be that hard"... pulled up the plastic surround and found I can't get the existing gaiter over the knob without removing the gear knob.

Guess what... I can never figure out how to remove the gear knob!

Any suggestions?


Cheers,

[BenR]

This was covered elsewhere on this forum... try a search.

[RobBentley]

Unless im missing a thread, I couldn't find any particular detailed/usefull instructions, just that it "clips off"... which is about as detailed as "remove the gear knob!"

[Sam]

Gently squeeze the edges of the surround clipped into the centre console and pull it up over the knob (like taking a jumper off )

Look at the underside of the knob and you'll see a clip holding the gaiter to the knob. Unfortunately you'll have cut the clip off.

People use a small cable tie or something similar to reattach the gaiter.

[RobBentley]

The clip looks very tough. Mine isn't plastic.. its metal. Time to get the sharp pliers out I think.

[RobBentley]

and cheers... none of the other posts suggested I'd need a replacement solution to the metal clip!

[Glaikit]

Any luck with re-attaching the gear knob?
I find it hard to believe that a cable tie will do it. The current fixing seems very solid.
Got a new gaiter on order.