I definitely could have snapped it onto the stick, but with the metal ring around the base of the new knob, it wouldn't be attached to the boot since the metal ring at the bottom of the new knob will not fit into the ring at the top of the boot, so not only would the top of the boot be exposed, but the boot would most likely slip down without being connected in some way to the knob.
I guess the answer is to use Qube's method of removing the ring at the top of the boot and fold it over - unless there is a way to get the metal ring off of the bottom of the new knob (inside of the metal ring is identical to the stock knob - it has the compressed plastic piece with 4 slots)....but I think it is all one piece
