I've got a 2001 Sportage. How the heck do I remove the black plastic
shifter knob? (5-speed manual).
The 12345R plastic piece on top has come unglued in the hot Texas sun,
and superglue won't hold it anymore, so I want to just take off the
knob and replace it with a generic one.
I've looked at kiatechinfo, and it just says "unscrew the knob". Do I
just need to find a big enough wrench and twist the entire thing left?
From the pictures on kiatechinfo, the aluminum "collar" below it
stays on the shift lefter shaft.
hyundaitech - 03 Jun 2004 18:04 GMT
There's a 14mm nut under the knob. You'll need to loosen the nut a little
down from the knob, then you can unscrew the knob. I can often unscrew
the knob without doing this just by getting twisting really hard.