Shifter Knob/Boot Replacement in '11 Forester

[Rockinghorse Winner]

I see the shifter knob is threaded onto the shift stick, but once I unscrew
it the boot is hanging from it, and I see no way of removing it without
tearing it! Does anyone know how to safely remove the boot so the shift
knob can be replaced?

*R* *H*

 

[John McGaw]

I see the shifter knob is threaded onto the shift stick, but once I unscrew
it the boot is hanging from it, and I see no way of removing it without
tearing it! Does anyone know how to safely remove the boot so the shift
knob can be replaced?

*R* *H*

Have you considered going to your dealer's parts department and asking to
look at the parts breakdown illustration? Generally, you'll find that
determining how it was put together will tell you how to take it apart. The
mental image I get from your description is that the boot is attached to
the knob when it is unscrewed and you have both of them in your hand. If so
then my SWAG would be that if the boot was turned (gently!) inside-out
there might be some visible sort of fastening. Unless, of course, they
cast/glued/molded the whole thing as a single piece but somehow that seems
unlikely.

 

[Rockinghorse Winner]

* It may have been the liquor talking, but

Have you considered going to your dealer's parts department and asking to
look at the parts breakdown illustration? Generally, you'll find that
determining how it was put together will tell you how to take it apart. The
mental image I get from your description is that the boot is attached to
the knob when it is unscrewed and you have both of them in your hand. If so
then my SWAG would be that if the boot was turned (gently!) inside-out
there might be some visible sort of fastening. Unless, of course, they
cast/glued/molded the whole thing as a single piece but somehow that seems
unlikely.

The only thing keeping me from doing as you say is that the boot is also
securely fastened to the lip of the center console. So I can't see 'inside'
the boot to see how it is fastened to the knob. Maybe I can ask the parts
dept or as you say, look at the illustration if there is one. Thanks anyway.

*R* *H*

 

[hami]

The mental image I get from your description is that the boot is attached to
the knob when it is unscrewed and you have both of them in your hand
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