shear embarresment tonight some prick comes up my arse in a top of the range new vectra, so i boot it try & loose him but as i change into third my gear nob comes off in my hand oh dear!! its had it, any 1 know a good replacement?? thanks

LOL that is one of the hardest jobs on the coop, removing the gear knob, you'll have to tell everyone how you done it

Maybe just go for another std one, incidentally I will have a std one up for sale in about 1 - 2 weeks time, if you can wait that long

No, I have a knob coming from another forumer, not sure on the make, it is a half leather and chrome (i think). I won't get it until the weekend

Momo gear knob

Whose coupe is that Jim?

Dunno mate, that picture has been around for a long time tho, so someone will probably know. For some reason I think maybe Carters old car, but could be wrong

Oh ok, just that it looks like its steel grey with the silver/titanium console fitted...

Yes it is, I believe, it was this picture that sent me on my crusade for the silver console, now I have the matching knob

Well, its made up my mind about fitting the console finally! lol

not a bad nob

it is a female forumer

IS there a big thing to remove the knob and fit another one?!

Is it the same with the handbrake ?

The gear knob, put a scredriver bit under the knob and hammer upwards to loosen it. I then just pulled it off (with a fair bit of force!).

I presume you mean the aluminium handbrakes? To fit these, you need to hack off the rubber coating on the standard handbrake, and then the new one just slides on top of the handbrake shaft and is secured by 2 grub screws.

Neither were particularly difficult to be honest.

Have been looking at various 'knobs' and been told it is pretty simple to fit. Stu - sounds like you managed to get the original one off with a bit of force. Is it then simple to attach a new gear knob like this one [image]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fiat-Brava-Bravo-Coupe-Punto-Spider-Tipo-Gear-Knob_W0QQitemZ8038838067QQcategoryZ72223QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/image]

..or does it then need welding on rather than just clipping on ? Says it comes with simple instructions but don't believe it can be that easy !

Cheers

Original gear knob comes off easy if you use a spanner under it and hit upwards with a hammer. The shaft is splined and the knob forces on, not sure how aftermarket ones fit though.

thanks mate - guess i will have to just take the risk ! any body had similar experience ?

Ive been looking at knobs for a while and done a bit of research and love that knob in the pic. Its a MOMO F-16 "s" type. The S signifys that its suitable for lift up reverse such as the Coupe. Im pretty sure its the one im going to go for now after seeing that pic .

k, maybe its easy to find any gear knob through Ebay, however,no one can said how to fix it, its very hard job to remove the old one!! anyone knows??

Try here or try the search engine

Omran, to take the original off you have to hit it upwards and pull off with some force. Some have had to resort to hacking it off, but I managed to pull mine off without too much hassle.

I should imagine every aftermarket knob just slips over the main gear shaft and is then tightened with a grub screw. This is how mine was attached (Richbrook gear knob). This is how the handbrake is held in place too..

I've just managed to get my sticky hands on one of the nice Fiat Alu gear knobs, so will be looking to sell my Richbrook when it arrives, it's the titanium ball knob style.

thanx all ,
i will try to do it

cheers