Removing Shift Knob

[Early B.]

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?

Here's a pic...

[Face]

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.

[Ricardo]

I've never seen a car with four front-left windows. Cool.

[RuSsMaN]

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.

[Jstas]

Hacksaw will take it off ina jiffy!

[bobman1235]

My shift knob just twists off, did you try twisting it?

[Jstas]

My shift knob used to just pop off on the 3-4 shift if I was rowin' the gears pretty hard.

[Early B.]

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.

[bobman1235]

This is for a different model (http://forums.mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=64970) 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.

[exalted512]

Like said above, either the bottom black part should twist off or the tan part should twist off...or a hacksaw.
-Cody

[eloplayspolo]

Like said above, either the bottom black part should twist off or the tan part should twist off...or a hacksaw.
-Cody

are we still talking about wackin off?

[Deadof_knight]

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 ...