I have a short shifter on my g260 with bronze bushings, and its short as hell. It was all fine until yesterday when i shifted into 3rd and the shifter popped up. It still shifts fine, but it has an inch or two of vertical play. It was put in when i finished my swap last month. What the hell happened?
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pull up the boot and/or get under the car and look? im guessing the problem will be easy to spot -
If it's using the early model shift plate type deal one of the bushings on the plate might have broke causing the vertical play. Take the boot off and check it out.
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yeah im doing that tomorrow i havent had time lately
86 Zinno es
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The rear mount is loose. It's about 6" behind the shifter in the trans tunnel.'89 325i track sloot
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Perhaps the Nylon shifter cup the shifter sits in wasn't fully snapped in. (if you are using the nylon cup) There are two ears that fit into two corresponding slots that lock it in place. If they wern't locked in, the shifter would move upward.
If that's the case, you can probably pull the leather and rubber boots up and get the shifter and cup back in-place from the interior.
Good luck!
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early or late model shift carrier? big difference on what the problems could be between the twoComment
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its an early model, 86 getrag 260
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And by the by, never keep your hand on the shifter while driving.Comment
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Sounds like the ball can out of the cup to me.Originally posted by KingBComment
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yup, check the rear rubber mount, its probably either in 2 peices(cheap to replace) or its worn enough that it poped out of its hole in the plateComment
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