Shifter bushings install problem

[CosmosM3]

I recently bought the pelican parts bushings kit which includes all the necessary parts to rebuild your shifter. When I went for a drive after installing the parts, there's a problem. It seems to shift great when stationary, but any speed above 5 mph there's a lot of noise and vibration coming from the shift assembly.

--After looking at a few pics, I think I put the shift rod joint in backwards. Leading to the selector rod being put in on the wrong side also. Would this cause an issue like this?

[E30m42cab]

Absolutely. Shift linkage is probably rubbing on the the guibo or driveshaft... gotta make sure you put the selector rod back on the correct side/direction.

[CosmosM3]

Absolutely. Shift linkage is probably rubbing on the the guibo or driveshaft... gotta make sure you put the selector rod back on the correct side/direction.

Time to take everything back apart..Thanks for your help!

[redhatpat]

You should be able to get the clips off and the rod repositioned without taking anything apart. I was able to with my fat clumsy fingers.

[Danny]

Do you have a short shifter? If so its rubbing on your harmonic balancer or vibration damper, I forget the name, you'll have to remove it.

[CosmosM3]

You should be able to get the clips off and the rod repositioned without taking anything apart. I was able to with my fat clumsy fingers.

I'll give it a try, hopefully I could get to it.

Do you have a short shifter? If so its rubbing on your harmonic balancer or vibration damper, I forget the name, you'll have to remove it.

I also bought a new z3 1.9l shifter, so it's somewhere around 25% reduction. I'm going to fix the rod joint/selector rod first, if it's still causing problems out comes the harmonic balancer.

[iwantspeed]

http://m42club.com/writeups/shifter/UUC_Selector_Rod_Modification_Instructions.pdf

[CosmosM3]

You should be able to get the clips off and the rod repositioned without taking anything apart. I was able to with my fat clumsy fingers.

All I have to do is move the selector rod to the other side and not the shift joint that's on the back of the transmission? I think I installed both the wrong way.

[CosmosM3]

I switched both parts so they are in correctly and started up my e30 on the lift to make sure there were no other problems. I installed a brand new z3 1.9L shift lever causing the selector rod to hit the harmonic balancer. So I marked were it's hitting the selector rod and grinded it down so it doesn't hit any more. It shifts through all gears perfect, but I can't find reverse. The shift knob is all the way left when in 1st, so there's no room to go left for reverse....Did I take to much material off the shift selector so reverse can't be reached?

Thanks a lot everyone, hopefully I could figure out this problem.

[redhatpat]

Do you mean the shifter is hitting console? Or the shifter just won't go left into reverse?

[EN318isPDX]

Make sure the rubber support bracket is on the two tabs, don't refuse the old nut. Mine backed itself off after a couple months

[CosmosM3]

Do you mean the shifter is hitting console? Or the shifter just won't go left into reverse?

Yes, the shifter is hitting the console when I try and go into reverse. It seems like the shifter isn't centered correctly when in neutral, to far left...

Make sure the rubber support bracket is on the two tabs, don't refuse the old nut. Mine backed itself off after a couple months

The rubber support bracket is on the 2 tabs and it came with a new nut.

Note..The driveshaft is removed right now so the linkage isn't hitting anything. This is very odd.

[EN318isPDX]

Take a picture

[CosmosM3]

Take a picture

Will do, I'll post pics Monday evening.

[CosmosM3]

Problem fixed, the selector rod is slightly bent which gives you leverage to get into reverse. When I was grinding it down, it took this slight bent away and couldn't hit reverse. Bent it back and it's good as new! Thanks everyone for your help.