Shift Linkage Need ASAP

[PuebloPete]

Anyone have the aluminum cast shift linkage for a S52 with E30 trans?? Need something quick. Thanks.

[ZekeTheSneak]

g260 trans? Then you need g260 linkage. Any 325i

[PuebloPete]

g260 trans? Then you need g260 linkage. Any 325i

Dont think that is completely true. The one that was in there was cut and welded. I'm pretty sure that the standard g260 linkaged needs to be altered.

[ZekeTheSneak]

Twisted 10ish degrees. Does noone read the swap stickys?

[PuebloPete]

Twisted 10ish degrees. Does noone read the swap stickys?

Yes, I did. And I was asking if anyone had one. That's still not true. It also needs to be extended.

[36brua]

I have a 89 I w/260. reused the stk aluminum shift console/linkage w/o modification no xtension etc., and used a 10* twist shift rod

[Mr.SWISS]

I will never understand swaps with G260's... so much addtl BS for no gain.

[berlow94]

I will never understand swaps with G260's... so much addtl BS for no gain.

true dat!

[Danny]

Yes, I did. And I was asking if anyone had one. That's still not true. It also needs to be extended.

No it doesn't.

I will never understand swaps with G260's... so much addtl BS for no gain.

Explain, please.

[Mr.SWISS]

No it doesn't.



Explain, please.

The half assedness needs no explanation. You can make a list of monkey fuck problems a g260 will bring upon initial installation and lack of design appointments for future servicing.

A.) I don;t care to grind mass amounts of AL from my oil pan to clear a single mass fly that will only engage hard and twitchy

B.) Don;t care for input shaft bearing rattle, brought on by single mass fly's

C.) You want me to use just the 4 big bolts on the tranny...Mmmkay.

D.) You get to retain your smaller/weaker driveshaft setup and smaller guibo!
That's awesome bro.

E.) custom DSSR? or cut & weld/heat and twist shifter and hope it sits straight in the console, or rinse and repeat. Lame....

F.)No guesswork on whether the starter will engage and spin freely when using all 24V parts. Sucks to think you are done go to crank the motor and find out you used the wrong starter/fly/ or didnt grind off enough material from the e34 pan and it's binding or rubbing.

Now go pull that shit out and start over.

[TimKninja]

The half assedness needs no explanation. You can make a list of monkey fuck problems a g260 will bring upon initial installation and lack of design appointments for future servicing.

A.) I don;t care to grind mass amounts of AL from my oil pan to clear a single mass fly that will only engage hard and twitchy

B.) Don;t care for input shaft bearing rattle, brought on by single mass fly's

C.) You want me to use just the 4 big bolts on the tranny...Mmmkay.

D.) You get to retain your smaller/weaker driveshaft setup and smaller guibo!
That's awesome bro.

E.) custom DSSR? or cut & weld/heat and twist shifter and hope it sits straight in the console, or rinse and repeat. Lame....

F.)No guesswork on whether the starter will engage and spin freely when using all 24V parts. Sucks to think you are done go to crank the motor and find out you used the wrong starter/fly/ or didnt grind off enough material from the e34 pan and it's binding or rubbing.

Now go pull that shit out and start over.

Mister Swiss. It ain't dat hard .

A)shaving down a flywheel isint that hard. Nor is excess material on the back of the oil pan.

B)Any single mass flywheel will make any Trans input shaft rattle .who in the name of fuck uses a dual mass flywheel on a 24 valve swap? You would have to be retarded.

C)Nobody ever in the existence of man kind has ever had a problem using 4 bolts to hold a transmission in .its not like the power of an S52 is gonna shear all 4 bolts and Send the transmission flying through the passenger compartment.

D)nobody ever has had an e30 driveshaft break on them. The smaller Guibos only suck if you buy some Terrivle URO/China Guibo.

E)I kinda agree with the shifter linkage part. That's actually why I decided to retain the ZF transmission in my swap. Even still it sits a bit too fat right.

F)there is no guesswork unless your a moron. Use the starter that went with the flywheel/ Trans . Done EASY NO PROBLEM . It's not Rocket surgery.

I'm not at all a g260 advocate . But if mine didn't have 300k on it I probably would of used it with my s50 . I'm using a ZF and I liked the fact that it all bolted together correctly and no funny fuck around . But I didn't like that sourcing a driveshaft took me forever (ended up using an e30 m3 one) and because I'm a cheap bastard like most of R3v , I didn't like having to spend $450 on a clutch/flywheel setup to get rid of that terrible dual mass .

Oh and that aluminum shift linkage part costs $30 new from BMW

[Northern]

So we should all run transmissions that give us ridiculously short gearing? mmkay.

Definitely would rather run my nice quiet G260 over an unknown ZF320. Don't even mention the G250.

Don't feel like searching for an S3.25 diff, which will probably come from over a thousand miles away, and may or may not be as quiet/functional as advertised.

If something does happen to my G260, I'd swap in any of the other 3 RWD g260s I have. They're a dime a dozen.

Lightened single mass flywheel. Need I say more?

The bolt situation is mildly annoying at the worst, but I agree that the shifter crap is stupid. If you really care, there are options out there that cost less than buying a used diff.

[Mr.SWISS]

Mister Swiss. It ain't dat hard .

A)shaving down a flywheel isint that hard. Nor is excess material on the back of the oil pan.

B)Any single mass flywheel will make any Trans input shaft rattle .who in the name of fuck uses a dual mass flywheel on a 24 valve swap? You would have to be retarded.

C)Nobody ever in the existence of man kind has ever had a problem using 4 bolts to hold a transmission in .its not like the power of an S52 is gonna shear all 4 bolts and Send the transmission flying through the passenger compartment.

D)nobody ever has had an e30 driveshaft break on them. The smaller Guibos only suck if you buy some Terrivle URO/China Guibo.

E)I kinda agree with the shifter linkage part. That's actually why I decided to retain the ZF transmission in my swap. Even still it sits a bit too fat right.

F)there is no guesswork unless your a moron. Use the starter that went with the flywheel/ Trans . Done EASY NO PROBLEM . It's not Rocket surgery.

I'm not at all a g260 advocate . But if mine didn't have 300k on it I probably would of used it with my s50 . I'm using a ZF and I liked the fact that it all bolted together correctly and no funny fuck around . But I didn't like that sourcing a driveshaft took me forever (ended up using an e30 m3 one) and because I'm a cheap bastard like most of R3v , I didn't like having to spend $450 on a clutch/flywheel setup to get rid of that terrible dual mass .

Oh and that aluminum shift linkage part costs $30 new from BMW

A.) That's extra work for no gain.
B.) BMW used a dual mass as do I, we are retarded I guess.
C.) That's a pretty quantitative statement without supporting facts. I'm not going to dig for threads on guys talking about having bolts back out on the G260's.*
D.)Another quantitative statement without supporting facts. I have shredded a small guibo myself on a M50/g250. Why dog the bigger better part? Cuz it's an upgrade? okay.
F.) Well there are obviously plenty since I read the what starter fly for my swap thread once a month at least.




G.) I never even mentioned the custom bracket and how much rougher the ride is with a G260 and e21 mounts vs e36 tranny( g250/zf320) with e36 trans mounts.

So we should all run transmissions that give us ridiculously short gearing? mmkay.

Definitely would rather run my nice quiet G260 over an unknown ZF320. Don't even mention the G250.

Don't feel like searching for an S3.25 diff, which will probably come from over a thousand miles away, and may or may not be as quiet/functional as advertised.

If something does happen to my G260, I'd swap in any of the other 3 RWD g260s I have. They're a dime a dozen.

Lightened single mass flywheel. Need I say more?

The bolt situation is mildly annoying at the worst, but I agree that the shifter crap is stupid. If you really care, there are options out there that cost less than buying a used diff.

Run a 3.73, it's not that bad on the highway. I paid $80 for my S3.25 diff I pulled from an 87 535is auto at the local LKQ pick and pull. You have to keep your eyes open and be ready to buy it and shelve it till you need it. I do this with all my parts like the e34 pan I had in a box for a year. I didn't even have an E30 when I bought that.

[GunMetalGrey]

It really depends on what you have available kids, now quit bickering!