I recently replaced my shifter bushings with the delrin Garagistic set, as well as home-made nylon inserts for the bushing that was in the shifter rod with the ball in the center and the rod joint (unlabelled part and #13 here: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...diagId=25_0074).
I also (stupidly to do this at the same time) replaced the flex clutch line.
Before my shifter was super sloppy (car has about 240k miles on it, TMU), now it's nice and precise but can feel really harsh, almost like grinding, going into 2nd or 3rd, mostly 3rd. If I shift slower then it's fine.
I've read people's shifters feel notchy after doing the bushings, but before I didn't feel any notchiness at all. Could it really have been there all along? I've suspected air in the line and manually bled, vacuum bled, and reverse bled. I've also had the slave cylinder out and manually pushed the rod in multiple times, so I'm pretty sure air has got to be out of the question at this point. Per the Bentley book, I've measured travel and got 21 mm (this is before I even reverse bled), which is within spec. Could the clutch slave cylinder be shot with all of the screwing around with it? It's not leaking, but when pushing the rod in by hand the first quarter inch or so doesn't have any resistance. The slave cylinder has URO1 (or something like that) stamped on the side, which I'm delusionally hoping doesn't mean it's the brand URO which is generally garbage. Actually, while writing this I just checked the paperwork from the PO and found that the slave was replaced in 2006 at a non-BMW garage - the slave cylinder on the receipt is priced to be $68.25, which sure as hell isn't a genuine BMW one, so I guess URO1 does mean URO. Should I just replace it? Also, when the push rod is out, it is pretty loose as in it wants to fall/lean whichever way you tilt the slave cylinder.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
I also (stupidly to do this at the same time) replaced the flex clutch line.
Before my shifter was super sloppy (car has about 240k miles on it, TMU), now it's nice and precise but can feel really harsh, almost like grinding, going into 2nd or 3rd, mostly 3rd. If I shift slower then it's fine.
I've read people's shifters feel notchy after doing the bushings, but before I didn't feel any notchiness at all. Could it really have been there all along? I've suspected air in the line and manually bled, vacuum bled, and reverse bled. I've also had the slave cylinder out and manually pushed the rod in multiple times, so I'm pretty sure air has got to be out of the question at this point. Per the Bentley book, I've measured travel and got 21 mm (this is before I even reverse bled), which is within spec. Could the clutch slave cylinder be shot with all of the screwing around with it? It's not leaking, but when pushing the rod in by hand the first quarter inch or so doesn't have any resistance. The slave cylinder has URO1 (or something like that) stamped on the side, which I'm delusionally hoping doesn't mean it's the brand URO which is generally garbage. Actually, while writing this I just checked the paperwork from the PO and found that the slave was replaced in 2006 at a non-BMW garage - the slave cylinder on the receipt is priced to be $68.25, which sure as hell isn't a genuine BMW one, so I guess URO1 does mean URO. Should I just replace it? Also, when the push rod is out, it is pretty loose as in it wants to fall/lean whichever way you tilt the slave cylinder.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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