DSG shift knob removal ?

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Anyone know how to do it or seen a guide ?

thx

[no golf clubs at all]

The gaitor simply is hooked into the base, you pull squeeze the gaitor and lightly tease it free.

The small metal alu part that says dsg on prises off to reveal the gear switch mechanism.

At the base of the now exposed shaft (ooer mrs), there is a black shroud which pulls up to release the knob from the base of gear selector part. Thereafter it's a bit of a turning twisting motion up to pull off the knob and gaitor in one piece.

There is a how to somewhere though, reading the above probably won't help you much lol (sorry, it's late).

I'll have dig round pretty sure I used an online guide. This is where I think the "how to" used to reside.

http://oempl.us/diy/article_info.php?tPath=9_4&articles_id=23&osCsid=aeaec77491b01eed2e88a2d84d349ddf

[no golf clubs at all]

Soz looks like they are moving all diys on oemplus just now.
 
http://oemplus.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=11&chapter=10

But....  found this 

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,8579.0.html

[cmdrfire]

It's pretty straightforward, you replace the entire knob/gaitor/plastic surround trip in one go. If I remember correctly, the gear lever needs to be in the Neutral position.
Lift up the plastic trim, which will expose a catch type mechanism which as I recall you need to pop up.
Then grasp the shaft firmly and give it a good yank. The entire assembly - knob, gaitor, and plastic trim - will come off. The button on the knob will now portrude out. Make sure that it's in the same position on the replacement unit!

Then, as all good Haynes manuals say, reassembly is the reverse of disassembly.

The end result:



Actually, I left a note on my flickr image page about the procedure

put in neutral, lift up the plastic, disconnect the cable, remove the retention bracket (bottom plastic piece so it slides up) and then give it a good yank upwards. The new one then just slots straight on.