reverse hitting console after new bushings

[mikeedler]

I bet you put the shifter in backwards

BINGO!!!!!
turn your shifter around.

[bimmer_E30]

Mine hits too, but i think i might need new Motor/Trans Mounts.

it's all good tho, i don't really care since i barely use Reverse

[///digitalme]

i just checked and my bushings seem new well this is how my car came po said it has a
z3 shifter? so i dont really know but im getting fed up... mine doesnt hit in reverse it hits in 5th gear
and i dont like my shifter :( and sorry for the bad phone camera pictures i didnt want to go get my digital camera...


this is how it looks
this is neutral




first gear



3rd gear




5th gear





anyone have a solution to it??
im going to try to move it 180 degrees maybe that will help i hope....
ummmm

[///digitalme]

hey guys

i replaced my shifter an that fixed it...mine was so bad, it ripped the shifter boot. seems like it was backwards.rotate it 360 ans reinstal..doesnt even rub anymore

lol



um...ill just try 180 see if that fixes mine
anyone have picutures of it?
mines not centered at all ill get pictures after i get out of work

[KenC]

I bet you put the shifter in backwards

Scrolled through slowly seeing if anybody had mentioned this.

Rotate the lever 180.

[hoseklamp]

rotate it 360 ans reinstal

That'll get you nowhere, haha

Try just going 180° and then you might have some luck! :)

[amacinnis]

fix

hey guys

i replaced my shifter an that fixed it...mine was so bad, it ripped the shifter boot. seems like it was backwards.rotate it 360 ans reinstal..doesnt even rub anymore

[nando]

I bet you put the shifter in backwards

[iwantspeed]

which bushing in the trans are you refering to?
the yellow one that goes on the end of the selector shaft and that the kuckle fits over?

both of those are new.

[accident]

you need to replace the shifter knuckle and the bushing in the trans. that's where your side to side is coming from.

[Jean]

Keep in mind the EARLY 83-85? shifters were not one piece like the z3 1.9 etc (well the z3 1.9 isn't one piece either if you think about how it's made at the factory, but the early e30 shifters become VERY worn out and add more play).

I've had the early sheet metal console and the newer style with all new hardware and z3 1.9 and in both cases it doesn't hit the console in any gears at all. Now, the original 84 318i shifter would hit the console in reverse no problem lol.

[e34john]

In my 84 325e, the shifter doesn't just hit the center console in reverse. It MOVES the console. Granted, my shifter is ridiculously loose (been a while since I've driven it, but somewhere around 1.5" side to side play in gear), but still, it's annoying to move the entire center console when I want to back up. :(

Matt

THats what happens in my car, I can't get it into reverse unless I actually push it far enough into the console, my shift boot is ruined because of it.

[Holland]

I have a sheet metal with a Z3m, It doesn't hit the console. It isn't bent and actually it sits forward because I had to raise the rear of the console to prevent it from rubbing on the driveshaft. It's ghetto but I don't have welding skills to raise it the right way. I need to bend the shifter to sit center, it's a bit off. It never hits though and has been working fine.

[E30Nova]

In my 84 325e, the shifter doesn't just hit the center console in reverse. It MOVES the console. Granted, my shifter is ridiculously loose (been a while since I've driven it, but somewhere around 1.5" side to side play in gear), but still, it's annoying to move the entire center console when I want to back up. :(

Matt

[iwantspeed]

I'm buying akg delrin bushings for the shift carrier arm

taking out the fuel tubing that went inside the front joint and add the oem
yellow circular bushing

replace the original rear console bushing

hopefully with all of that it wont rub ever again