Installing a new shift boot on my saab DIY

Installing a new suede shift boot on my saab 9-3 6-speed. Its actually a simple task, but the gear knobs made of aluminium makes it a lot harder.

[@jamieburkacki2189]

Best how to video Ive ever seen, great effort !

[@aulday]

Literally crying with laughter all the way through, what a legend 🤣🤣

[@rickysidgwick9079]

This is exactly the same as my gear knob on my Saab it has been glued on tried drilling a hole in the top then putting a screw in it with no success so although this video looks unprofessional I really see no alternative but to do as you have done and hack it off ,so hats off to you fella good effort I hope my end result is as good as yours

[@esmudgethedog]

Nice one. I got the idea now of how to change it. Thank you.

[@wheelup9363]

Just for reference, the gear knob selector is glued on and the only way apart from destruction (as in this video) is to remove the whole unit from the car - clamp the spline and pull the head off with force. Luckily mine fell apart in my hand as I was reversing in lol.

[@DiggingNorway]

Great video, now I know what to look out for. tusen takk

[@shalashaska68]

There has to be an easier way!...nice try mate, you really did your best, I'm not sure I would have posted this video considering you made every mistake possible, but fair play to you, you got there in the end. It looks good! Respect to you man! Keep it up.

[@douglashughes]

You REALLY fucked that up!!

[@jobathano1660]

nah

[@miguelm5347]

Very useful video....for what not to do. I hope it came out alright in the end.

[@jobathano1660]

Its now two years since it was done and it looks the same. Nice upgrade and looks much better then stock one, and certainly much better then an ugly worn boot. I think its cool to see how toxic even the saab community can be, all people that comment and dislike can make a better guide or document it themselves. I made this video showing my experience changing the boot, and I think you can get some tips on what and what not to do. I could not find any good guides on how to do it and therefore tried myself with limited tools. The knob was stuck on very hard, maybe it was reglued by the previous owner. The shaft was “damaged”, but its hidden and have no real effect on anything.

[@mrdouleur4040]

Jobathano i have been destroying mine for about 2 days now. I tried the other trick with the self tapping screw in 3 different drill holes i made and the screw broke right in the threads. I’m pretty sure the 2005-2006 aero’s shifter was not designed to be replaced and to be fair i am absolutely not doing a better job than you. props man and dont listen to trolls who either didint do it or have a plastic knob that removes by itself when shifting ..... they dont know the struggle. Also its stupid of saab to have designed this shifter that way bc it makes it so hard to replace boot/knob and what not..

[@williamreinink1980]

@@mrdouleur4040 I doubt you are keeping up with this thread but I am having the same problem as you (my screw broke off in the process). I’ve been driving with the destroyed knob for just over a week now and it’s miserable. How did you end up getting your knob off?

[@mrdouleur4040]

@@williamreinink1980 i ended up drilling and cutting it off... it took me a day and there was aluminium everywhere but after a while i could feel the knob breaking around the shaft and i eventually pulled it off. Just keep at it you’ll get there

[@ANGRYP1R4TE]

Well, you certainly did it yourself 👍

[@fLaMePr0oF]

"My motto for this channel is if I can do it you can do it, and to do this you don't really need any tools at all I think" 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for having the balls to upload this, there is no need to remove the knob just to replace the boot by the way ;)

[@bartechh]

I’m struggling with this pain in the ass knob now. Snapped a tapping screw on top when I tried removing it. Going to get the angle grinder out for the next step 😈

[@thom8448]

Oh dear Mate, you had a nightmare. But thank you for sharing. Hopefully ppl will learn from your experience. I hope it all looks good now for you.

[@thom8448]

Hey! So thanks to your video of pain, I successfully did this job today without much problem. MASSIVE TIP: instead of starting at the knob, take off the trim first, then the surrounding plastic and just leave the old leather bit on. Then pull that over the old knob and use it as a grip to pull the knob up and off, like putting a turnip out off the ground. It all came off with some force and no drilling or destruction of the old knob, which I kept. Then cut the cable tie holding the old Gaiter on and put the new one one. Second big tip.... carefully remove the old Gaiter and put the new one on. You don't need glue or staples as it should be held in place on the breakable white thing by pressure between the white thing and the trim. Then put it all back together. Hope this helps some ppl. Cheers. I will post the replacement I used, off of ebay which fitted perfectly with precut holes for the clips.

[@Gripengamer]

@@thom8448 Bro thanks for the much better explanation, will be changing the boot after its delivered home. Which boot did you order off ebay?

[@michaelhuyge9881]

Did you have a video of installing the new knob?

[@jobathano1660]

It was just push to fit, made in plastic. But later I also used some glue for it to not come loose.

[@Lacipapa.55]

Ezt így szét kell barmolni?

[@kingsize6441]

Ja pierdole, jaka rzeźba

[@jace2957]

Great video for not to do it!!!