Removing Shift Knob

Early B.
Early B. Posts: 7,900
edited April 2008 in Custom Fabrication
Does anyone know how to remove this shift knob? It's a 1998 Mercedes C280 and I want to change it out. There is a screw on the top. I removed the screw, but now what?

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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited April 2008
    I'm not familiar with Benz, but on GM, if you pull the shifter all the way back, there will be a U shape clipped on the bottom front of the knob.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited April 2008
    I've never seen a car with four front-left windows. Cool.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited April 2008
    It's one of those optical illusions Ricardo, I see 4 front right windows, it means I'm more creative than you, or smell better than you or something.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,707
    edited April 2008
    Hacksaw will take it off ina jiffy!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited April 2008
    My shift knob just twists off, did you try twisting it?
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,707
    edited April 2008
    My shift knob used to just pop off on the 3-4 shift if I was rowin' the gears pretty hard.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited April 2008
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    My shift knob just twists off, did you try twisting it?

    I tried twisting, pulling, yanking, and tugging, and I ain't talkin' about wackin' off.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited April 2008
    This is for a different model but maybe the procedure is the same :
    if you check for shift knob you'll see a silver piece on the shift nob. turn that silver piece counter-clockwise, it's like a ring. once that's done. just pull the shift up and the shift knob should be off. don't twist the whole shift knob as that will cause the shift to be loose.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited April 2008
    Like said above, either the bottom black part should twist off or the tan part should twist off...or a hacksaw.
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  • eloplayspolo
    eloplayspolo Posts: 1,117
    edited April 2008
    exalted512 wrote: »
    Like said above, either the bottom black part should twist off or the tan part should twist off...or a hacksaw.
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    are we still talking about wackin off?
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  • Deadof_knight
    Deadof_knight Posts: 980
    edited April 2008
    Look at the lower ring I have a shift knob that this ring unthreads down which uncovers a set screw then you can unscrew the knob like their taking about ...
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