A gear stick , gear lever , gearshift or shifter is a metal lever attached to the shift assembly in a manual transmission-equipped automobile and is used to change gears.

In an automatic transmission-equipped vehicle, a similar device is known as a gear selector.

manufacturing method is comprised of the sequential steps of first forming expanded tubular portion by expanding an end of tube with punching means, followed by contraction of the expanded tubular portion into eliptic shape using mold means before eventually cold-forging the eliptic portion into spherical shape,