Grey dust-like substance under the gear lever

[AVANTE]

I opened the gear lever cover and found that there is some grey dust like stuff spread around the area and on the base of the lever rod. Is this from the degrading faux-leather cover or something else??

[iRage]

  On 8/12/2019 at 10:58 AM, □AVANTE□ said:

I opened the gear lever cover and found that there is some grey dust like stuff spread around the area and on the base of the lever rod. Is this from the degrading faux-leather cover or something else??

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Most of the time..yes....it is from the fake leather/cloth

[AVANTE]

  On 8/12/2019 at 4:36 PM, iRage said:

Most of the time..yes....it is from the fake leather/cloth

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Could it be something else too??

[iRage]

  On 8/14/2019 at 4:10 AM, □AVANTE□ said:

Could it be something else too??

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Highly unlikely..there really is nothing there except for the boot cover, plastic and other material from the bezels, cables, etc...

[Davy]

If the shifter mechanism has a plastic frame with nylon bushes in them, then black dust is pretty common as the nylon bushes wear out.