Gear Knob

[SyCelicaGT]

Hi All,

Am hoping you can help me I have brought a TRD leather gear knob to replace the nasty halfrauds crome one the previous owner installed.

On all my other cars the gear knob has had a small screw at the base of the knob but on the celica it seems to be hole less.

How do I remove it? I have seen some reports from the 5th gen owners that you unscrew it. I have a 6th gen GT is it the same? As I have tried unscrewing it in both directions, can someone confirm if that is the way to get it off? If so does it have a standard screw thread or an inverted one.

Sorry if this is well basic but I don't want to break the gear stick.

Cheers all.

[sotal]

Some of them cheapy Halfords ones use epoxy to stick them on! Not much help to you I know!!

[daktari]

If it`s screwed on it`ll unscrew anti clockwise. If it`s glued on.... May i suggest brute force. You`ll be going some tot break the lever. When you say it`s chrome do you mean it`s got a chrome cover. Most leather/chrome effect knobs are just covers over a plastic body. If it is glued you need to strip of the covering then using a hacksaw, VERY carefully cut down one side vertically until your nearly through to the metal of the gear lever. Then get a broad bladed screwdriver or similar. insert into the cut and twist - as if to open the gap up. This should break the remaining plastic and at the same time break the glue away from the gear stick. Hopefully. .

[SyCelicaGT]

Cheers for your comments Daktari, I went out in the blistering heat at lunch today to see if I could twist it off and after about half an hour of renching with my bare hands I gave up as I was in a pool of sweat and blisters were starting to develp on my hands...nice!

So I can safely say that It is glued on (god damb chav, he put neons on the car too!). However, not all is lost. I am glad to say, I think it is a plastic knob as the crome effect is starting to flake. looks like I will have to get one of those gripping devices or if needs be get the hacksaw out.

Cheers for the advice will attack it this weekend.

[sotal]

yeah I guess a pair of mole grips on it might get it to budge, if not it might split it when you squeeze (which would be a quick way!)

[SyCelicaGT]

Had a twist on me knob this morning, heat was much colder than yesterday afternoon and the knob started to shift a few turns, (metel must have contracted in the cool) is still stupidly stiff but at least it is turning. So all is good.

[daktari]

Well done chap. Get that nice new one on there.