Spindles for knobs

[MFaiz]

Was trying to fit the Tony Hall knobs for the radio system knobs but cant seem to get the spindle out of the existing knobs to put in my new shiny ones.

Anyone know where I can get replacement spindles please?

[Ice27]

They snap in to Tonys knobs with a perfect fit and I didn't have any issues whatsoever.
Is there a tiny screw you have to remove first to take off the old knobs?
I can't remember now. If not they SHOULD just pull off or lever off.

[v12woollie]

MFaiz said:

Was trying to fit the Tony Hall knobs for the radio system knobs but cant seem to get the spindle out of the existing knobs to put in my new shiny ones.

Anyone know where I can get replacement spindles please?

The TH radio knobs that I had already had plastic inserts in them which fitted over the spindle in the radio unit. There shouldn't be a spindle sticking out of the radio knobs that you have just removed. The spindle should stay in the radio unit.

[MFaiz]

The sat nav and radio are pull off ones. And now that they are off, the spindle seems to be glued into the knobs on my car so I cant remove them to refit. Hence why I am looking for replacement spindles.

[v12woollie]

MFaiz said:

The sat nav and radio are pull off ones. And now that they are off, the spindle seems to be glued into the knobs on my car so I cant remove them to refit. Hence why I am looking for replacement spindles.

I replaced mine with Tony Hall knobs but the spindles certainly didn't come out of the radio unit attached to the knobs. That doesn't sound good if you removed the spindles with the knobs. I wonder why anyone would have glued them on.

Hope you manage to find some spindles. Do you think they will just push back into the radio unit?

[MFaiz]

Oh dear! Then mine were not fitted the normal way as pulling the knobs brought the spindles out too!

It could be the previous owner might have glued it in as the spindles wont come out!

[brakedwell]

I had the same problem because a previous owner had superglued the knobs on. The spindles broke and I had to buy two new switchpacks.

[MFaiz]

Could someone share with me sources for such switches please

[brakedwell]

I bought them from HWM Aston Martin at Walton on Thames as they give a discount to AMOC members. There are several versions of switchpacks depending on whether the car has a GSM phone in addition to the satnav. The packs will cost around £320 each.

[MFaiz]

Thanks. Sounds like an expensive repair.