ok i really need to clean my a4 shifter console..because when i sometimes shift from 1-2-d-oD that freaking thing pops up and its sooo stickey and nasty underneath it..it like has a bunch of spilt coke etc, etc onit and is soooo hard to shift it!! now i tried taking it apart last night but couldnt figure out how to TAKE off the SHIFTER ****? i was pissed? please help!!!!
thanks
randy

 

There's a little metal retainer in the front side of the shifter, right around the middle. Take it out with a flathead screwdriver or a knife and the **** will come off.

 

does it go back on or do i have to replace it?

 

You can reuse it.
Ryan

 

ok..now how do i get the whole console over the emergency break?

 

If you want to get it over the parking brake, the rubber sleeve that it fits through is held by little clips on the inside, if you squeeze the sleeve inward towards the brake then they will come free from the clips and you should be able to slide the console over it then.

 

Pull the e-brake all the way up. There is just two bolts in the box on the back of the console and I think just one inside the cd holder.