Re: E30 Shift knob replacement

[Chris Baisley <cbaisley@xxxxxxxx>]

Chris, I should lend you my girlfreind :-)  She pulled the shift knob right 
off my e30 on her first shift, I'd gotten her so uptight about driving my 
car!  The original knob on a 89 e30 pulls straight up and off, but with her 
method it hever fit quite tightly enough afterword.  It looked like the 
removal caused a small tear in a rubber ring up inside, presumably this bit 
compresses to hold the knob on.  Perhaps someone has a more informed method 
for removal?

At 01:40 PM 04/03/01, Chris Fowler wrote:
>I have an old wood shift knob that the plastic bezel has craked due to
>extreme Atlanta heat.  I have purchased a leather replacement on Ebay and
>wish to know how to remove the old one.  I do not see a set screw and I've
>tried pulling as hard as I can.  I do not want to break anything that would
>need repair.

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