Post Photobucket Reboot.................
My gearknob has suffered and was quite badly scratched on the nearside. So today I took it off, and the photo below shows the components:
From left to right - first the locking ring which drops over the naked stick first.
Then there's the plastic insert. This takes up the slack between the original stick, and the next item.....
Which is the locating collar.
So after inserting the plastic insert into the collar, unless it's a new one, make sure that the grubscrew holes line up, then slot over the stick. There are three allen headed grub screws which secure the collar to the stick. Once done, the locking ring can be screwed upwards over the hidden grub screws, then the knob can be screwed down. Use the locking ring to get the right position I used a blob of locktite here and here to keep it tight.
The knob is anodised (by the look) - so I resigned myself to taking all the coating off to get rid of the scratches. You can't wetndry scratches from coated aluminium, as the wetndry takes the coating off and makes a mess. So I dremelled it, then 400 grit, 600 grit, and 1200 grit, finished off with autosol and it looks much better!
