Replace gear stick gaiter

Geoff Crispin

Geoff Crispin

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British Zeds
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Z3 3.0 & 3.0 sport
Need to replace mine and have been given a replacement but cant find any help/instructions. Can anyone give me some guidance please
 
Yep did mine a few years back. Unscrew the gear knob. Gently squeeze the gaiter at the bottom to work one edge out and it'll just slide over the top of the gear stick. It's just situated with a few plastic clips attached to the gaiter. It's a 30 second job, no tools required.
 
Grumpy said:
Yep did mine a few years back. Unscrew the gear knob. Gently squeeze the gaiter at the bottom to work one edge out and it'll just slide over the top of the gear stick. It's just situated with a few plastic clips attached to the gaiter. It's a 30 second job, no tools required.
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My knob only comes off if you pull it..true fact.
 
miller1098 said:
My knob only comes off if you pull it..true fact.
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mmmmmmm it's been some time since we had a knob pulling thread. But yes they all come off with a good pull, perhaps a little bit of twisting to start off with but do not unscrew especially if your knob lights up. You'll twist the wires round and round the gearstick.
Once that's off it's an easy job to remove the gaiter as @Grumpy says. 30 second job.
 
Thanks chaps for you replies, might need to ask my son who is a strong man to get it off for me but he is some 250 miles away and getting married in feb, so will try myself and if no success find a.n.other
 
This takes me back to an old Two Ronnies sketch "........... the Lone Ranger disguised himself a door, then Tonto rushed in and pulled his knob off ........" =))
 
Just pulled the gearstick knob off this afternoon, it was easy this time, BUT cant see how the gaiter comes out, and then once it out cant be easy to feed back in ? or does the plastic cover all round lift off ?
Grumpy you said that once knob was off it was easy, what am I missing ?
 
Geoff Crispin said:
Just pulled the gearstick knob off this afternoon, it was easy this time, BUT cant see how the gaiter comes out, and then once it out cant be easy to feed back in ? or does the plastic cover all round lift off ?
Grumpy you said that once knob was off it was easy, what am I missing ?
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Just pinch it at the corners Geoff. Should come straight off.
 
Just squeeze the sides at the base inwards, there are little plastic 'tangs' that hook under the console top .
 
OK chaps I will have a go later today. Without seeing what the clips look like it looks from the top difficult
 
They look like a "u" on its side so as you pinch it they just slide from the underside. It really is very easy. No tools required.
 
The gaiter is mounted on to a plastic square it just has locating lugs that clip in to the console squeezing the gaiter from the sides just pops the lugs as said easier than it sounds....Good luck...
 
Hi Low Rider
Thanks for the pic.it shows clips on base but the one that I have been given has got elastic round the bottom ?
 
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