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Gearshift Knob, Removing And Installing: Removing

-- Carefully unclip the boot -B- with the frame from the center console, for example, using Trim Removal Wedge 3409.

Fig 1: Identifying Boot
GWWN34-11800Courtesy of VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.

-- Fold the boot and frame upward over the gearshift knob -A-.

-- Open the clamp -arrow- and remove the shift knob and boot.

Fig 2: Identifying Clamp
GWWN34-11973Courtesy of VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.