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OK, I bent the lever so that it sits centered in the console at neutral. Ahhh. Refreshing.
How did you bend the lever? I'd like mine to sit centered as well, but I don't want to screw up the pivot ball by throwing it in a vice or something and marring it.
I got the Z3M coupe shifter and love it. I modified if some though. First I bent the shifter. To do this I used 3 large sockets and a big vice. Place two sockets on one side and one on the other where you want the bend to be, then tighten the vice untill you get the desired bend. Next I took a blow torch to the upper paet of the shifter and heated it until the ruber got soft, then pull until it comes apart. Remove rubber with a knife. Cut off 1 inch from both paert of the shifter. Take quick steel or mighty putty and fill the upper part with it and push it onto the lower part, I highly suggest placeing a shift knob on it first to make suer everything lines up right. Shifter complete. Next you need to add weight to the selector rod. This is easy. Wrap the rod with soldering wire. You can get two layers on it. Then wrap it with electrical tape. This takes away some of the notchy-ness. The weighted M knob helps a lot as well. I also suggest getting delerin bushings for the carrier arm.
Originally posted by KingB
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I swear I dont understand why everyone has to bend their levers.. I havent had to bend one to work after installing them in about 15 cars. Even my eta with the big guibo has plenty of clearance.
I swear I dont understand why everyone has to bend their levers.. I havent had to bend one to work after installing them in about 15 cars. Even my eta with the big guibo has plenty of clearance.
You don't have to.. but your shifter won't be center either.
I'm thinking of installing a z4 2.5 kit from BMA into my '91 318i.
One thing I'm concerned with, I have the understanding that stock E30 shifters have a bend in the lever. The z4 is straight, will that result in an off-center @ neutral lever after installation?
i believe the 2.5 moves ur shift pattern slightly up and to the right by about half an inch. If you read the whole thread (which i did a couple days ago its a doozy i know) the answer should be in there somewhere. i might be referring to the 3.0 but for sure someone mentioned it in the thread.....well good luck hopefully someone answers you before u have to resort to that fossil dig :-P
P.S. anyone have a quick write up for taking the harmonic balancer off. i have read its an easy 3 bolts then i read you have to take your car apart to do it so i am confused now.
I'm thinking of installing a z4 2.5 kit from BMA into my '91 318i.
One thing I'm concerned with, I have the understanding that stock E30 shifters have a bend in the lever. The z4 is straight, will that result in an off-center @ neutral lever after installation?
For what it's worth, I just installed the z4 2.5 shift lever kit from BMA and it's awesome. Shifts are shorter, a little tighter, and it feels great. Didn't have to bend anything (even with a harmonic balancer), just took the stock shift lever out and put the new bushing and lever in.
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