Gear Knob Of Death!!

[RnKent1986]

Please Please Please can someone give me an idea as to how i can get the Gear Knob off of my 2001 A3 1.6???

I have asked so many people and had so many asnwers all of which do not seem to want to work! i Have Tried Gently Unscrewing, Forcefully Unscrewing, Unscrewing with a wrench, Pulling, Ripping apart is there anything left before i bite the bullet and just take it to a garage and hand over some wedge??

[revo_20vt]

The gear knob is held on with the special circlip under the leather gaiter. U need to remove the trim around the base of the gaiter and then pull the leather upwards over the knob and u will see the clip holding it in place. To remove the clip use a small screwdriver very carefully and prise the clip 'wide' and it should slip off. If ur not careful u could end up slipping off the clip and into and through the leather!! If u do then ur <no swearing> !! To replace the gear knob u will have to purchase a new clip to fit the knob back on other wise it will keep coming off. And u cant use a jubilee clip coz its too fat and will poke through the leather.

[bora(ing) nick]

Please see the link for photo's

Thanks

Nick

[RnKent1986]

Cheers for your answers and Pics!

Im now slightly worried that i have made one fatal error in my new gear knob! lol! I being a cheap scrooge figure of a man bought my new Knob (no sniggers please) off of eBay and its is in fact a screw on?? does this matter?? It is an Audi Gear Knob tho