Can't get Momo gearknob off!!! Help!!!

[chris watton]

I bought a new handbrake lever and gear knob (TVR standard ones, not the silly priced Leven ones)when I was at TVR Power. I have just changed the lever without hiccup, but the stupid Momo gear knob just does not want to know, it wont budge! There seems to be a collar near the botton, but there are no grub screws in the holes. I have tried brute force, careful knocking trying to prize it loose, but nothing!! Any Ideas?? The Momo knob now looks awful after my fumbling with it!!!

Chris

[YI8TVR]

If its the standard gear Knob your trying to get off then turn the coller underneath clockwise first this will lower it then the gear knob will turn anticlockwise to release it. I used one of them kitchen thinges that open lids a strap through a handle a bit like a oil filter remover.

Good Luck

[drifting]

If it's like the one I put in the Taimar unscrew the collar at the bottom of the knob and you should see three very small allen keyed grub screws that hold it on the gear lever.

Drifting

[chris watton]

Thanks guys, for the tips. I don't think the Momo knob I'm trying to remove is standard, I can see the collar, and I can see the holes for the grubscrews, but there are no grubscrews in the holes! I did try turning the collar with hefty molegrips, but it still will not budge! I am just left with a gearknob looking much the worse for wear after my vain attempts at removing it, I am now worried about breaking the actual gearstick if I carry on! Why can't things be simple!! lol
Sod's law dictates the darn thing will come off in my hand whilst driving home tonight!! lol

[mongoose]

like some help mate?give me a call if your still stuck-cheers,Mike

[chris watton]

Cheers mate , yep, have ruined the exsisting Momo knob now, I just know you're gonna tell me off when you see it!!!

[mongoose]

Chris,ill call you later tonight with a view to sorting it on the weekend.Cant chat now as i should be studying!!

[chris watton]

MOMO gearknob now off, thanks to Mongoose (Who's just set off to pick up his Tusc after having had it fitted with a close ratio gearbox, git!! )
No-one's got a spare standard collar that fits under the knob on the base of the stalk, have they???