It was a long day to replace the shifter bushings to repair a sloppy shifter in my E30.
I was worried about the vibration dampener but it turned out that in an 88 it just comes off easy...basically just loosened the centre support and dropped the drive shaft a little and it just came off (without the 60 deg turn mentioned in the Bentley)
To get the output shaft seal out, I had to use a pick and just scrape it off as it was like fused in there....appears not to leak anymore.
I installed a Garagistic DSSR and delrin bushings in the shifter arm, front and inside the rear carrier. Changed the selector rod joint to the late model non-offset version.
The shifting is so solid now; issue is that now I hear the transmission gears turning as I drive...it's like someone opened up the floor boards above the transmission...sounds like a race car at higher speeds.
I want to hear the notes from the engine, not the tranny gears turning.
Is this something anyone else experienced?
I'm wondering now if I should of used rubber bushings...
I was worried about the vibration dampener but it turned out that in an 88 it just comes off easy...basically just loosened the centre support and dropped the drive shaft a little and it just came off (without the 60 deg turn mentioned in the Bentley)
To get the output shaft seal out, I had to use a pick and just scrape it off as it was like fused in there....appears not to leak anymore.
I installed a Garagistic DSSR and delrin bushings in the shifter arm, front and inside the rear carrier. Changed the selector rod joint to the late model non-offset version.
The shifting is so solid now; issue is that now I hear the transmission gears turning as I drive...it's like someone opened up the floor boards above the transmission...sounds like a race car at higher speeds.
I want to hear the notes from the engine, not the tranny gears turning.
Is this something anyone else experienced?
I'm wondering now if I should of used rubber bushings...
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