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Offline xtetx

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urgent gear stick help
« on: 22 March 2012, 19:24 »
hi all,

bought a brand new bora sport gear knob which said it would fit a golf mk4.
took off my old one.

the hole under the gear knob of my mk4 golf one is this big.

the bora one is much smaller.

how do i get it to fit on to this???? urghhh
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Offline richw911

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Re: urgent gear stick help
« Reply #1 on: 22 March 2012, 19:28 »
1.6 and under have different size bores on the gear knobs  :sad:
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Offline xtetx

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Re: urgent gear stick help
« Reply #2 on: 22 March 2012, 19:30 »
damn! any way i can change it? like taking off the black bit? gutted spent 45 notes on it and ruined my old one.
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Offline cullygti

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Re: urgent gear stick help
« Reply #3 on: 22 March 2012, 19:33 »
only one way to find out mate give it a go i was gonna say take the black bit off
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Re: urgent gear stick help
« Reply #4 on: 22 March 2012, 19:42 »
haha i dont know how to take it off, there is a star shape screw on the top?
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Offline DubAndDubber

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Re: urgent gear stick help
« Reply #5 on: 22 March 2012, 20:08 »
sounds silly but cant you take the internals out the original and pop it in the bora one?

ps. my dads took all my stuff from the garage and put it in his shed, 4 miles away. will let you know when i have pictures!
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Re: urgent gear stick help
« Reply #6 on: 22 March 2012, 20:22 »
i had a go of taking the internals out of the gear knob but i dont want to snap the new one!
if i cant get the bora one on ill send it back!

no worries thanks for your help!
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