Gear Stick diameter anyone?!!

[soulsoulsista]

Hello all

Posted before and received excellent advice on fitting eyelids to our new camper - many thanks, tis done!

I am trying to buy a pool ball gear knob for Betty Blue the 1980 Aircooled bus without my fella finding out as it's part of his birfdee pressie, but to get a real one I have to tell the seller the diameter of the gear stick (apparently 12mm or 14mm)! Yes - a bizarre question I realise but does anyone know the diameter of an original gear stick of this particular year of bus please?!! I guess I should add it's a right hand drive.

I would of course just go & bloomin measure it but he's in posession of the bus till sunday (doing the dreaded rust near front bumper) and I can't sneakily do it!!

Hope someone can help - roll on summer for happy camping for all!

Best Wishes

Soulsoulsista

[peasant]

The (hollow) inside is ten ...I know that from fixing my broken one. The walls are deffo thicker than 1 mm, so that would make it a 14 mm gearstick

[jason k]

early 14mm late 12mm

[soulsoulsista]

Thank you fellow T25 ers - you are awesome!!

[NicBeeee]

Hi
Sorry to correct you but Aircooled are generally 12mm.

Early 12mm
Late 14mm

Apparently there was a crossover in sizes at some stage, only now this from purchasing a repair kit from Brickwerks.

[mike the van]

Just gone and checked on my 81 aircold 12 mm it is, so unless yours was replaced unlikely to be 14 mm

Mike

[billy739]

early is the thinner one due to it being a solid bar.
later are larger and hollow tube!