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Model: Smart Smart 450 - Years 1998-2007
Part: Gear Shift Knob
Operation: How to replace the gear knob on a Smart ForTwo

Before we can begin, we will have to go and sit in the driver's seat of our Smart ForTwo. To carry out this operation in total safety, it is highly recommended to have the engine off, the parking brake activated and to engage the gearbox in neutral. Let's start by pulling the gear knob upwards. By doing so, we will disengage it from its gear lever. When we have completed this last step, we will have successfully completed the disassembly of the gear knob of our Smart ForTwo. To mount the new gear knob, all we have to do is repeat these few steps in reverse, and we will have finished the replacement.


Posted on 17 January 2024 by ScegliAuto

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First remove the plastic profile at the base of the gear lever. To do this, slightly widen the side edges and carefully lift it to release it. There is no need to remove it completely, just move it forward to avoid bother. Now remove the plastic center console around the handbrake by first working from the rear to release it and lifting it until the brake lever passes. Also in this case it is not necessary to remove it completely but, paying attention to the connected cables, it can be stowed in front of the passenger seat. At this point we notice that at the base of the handbrake lever, on the front, we find a nut. By acting on it, with a 10 wrench, we can adjust the brake force, increasing it by turning the nut clockwise, or decreasing it by turning it counterclockwise. Once adjusted, the center console can be repositioned first, pressing lightly to engage it, and then the profile of the gearbox base.

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