Heh, someone shifts too hard. :)

[e30Matt]

So this is what was crippling my 318is for the past two days as I searched frantically for the part. My friend Russ at Motorsport Connections hooked me up with a used selector rod for a non-A/C equipped car, but after looking at it in the car and feeling around as a friend went through the gears, I couldn't feel any places where it would cause a problem, so in it went. Here's what the pieces look like out of the car.


The pin that is sheared off was in the bottom of the shift lever (Z3 1.9L).

All in all, with both bitch clips to fight, took about 10 mins, not including the travel time to MSC.

[Charlie]

Dude, it's not a mustang, ease up.

-Charlie

[bimmer8604]

same thing happend on my car, except the metal right before that little pin bent and snapped off. ended up being like 20 bucks at the dealership.

kyle

[Jordan]

Ha ha ha... you think you shift hard. You're lucky. I shifted hard enough to sheer off 2 of the gear selector forks inside my transmission. Lets see you do that ;)

[E30godz]

your the man now dawg

[rayz]

so much for "drive it like you stole it"

[e30Matt]

Ha ha ha... you think you shift hard. You're lucky. I shifted hard enough to sheer off 2 of the gear selector forks inside my transmission. Lets see you do that ;)

Stu told me you shifted like the transmission was your bitch.

[Pedro]

Now i dont feel so bad for snapping my e28 shift lever. I've yet to snap my e46 lever.

[OreoGaborio]

Ha ha ha... you think you shift hard. You're lucky. I shifted hard enough to sheer off 2 of the gear selector forks inside my transmission. Lets see you do that ;)

HAHAHAHAHA that's nothing, i shift so hard that one time the trannie came up throught the floorboards & hit your mom in the face

you rule, jordan

[niq_nak]

before i replaced my broken and worn shift knob that was barely hanging on for life i once shifted so hard that the i pulled the shift knob right off. :roll:. now that i have a functional shift knob i dont have that problem anymore though.

heh, good luck with the new selector rod

[BeirBrennerE30]

before i replaced my broken and worn shift knob that was barely hanging on for life i once shifted so hard that the i pulled the shift knob right off. :roll:. now that i have a functional shift knob i dont have that problem anymore though.

heh, good luck with the new selector rod

ive done that... hahaha... weirdest feeling ever.... i didnt know what the hell to do

[Bill 84 318i]

What the hell does the selector rod have to do with air conditioning?

[Bokes]

yea. you got pretty desperate for that part, even asked me to take a picture of my e28 one in my garage. ha.

[DanGillan]

what are those things on the selector rod? are they weights? all i know is mine didnt have any...

[natorious]

i sheared my shift lever of its pivot once in the corrado... not sure how that happened.. i shift sorta fast but i dont abuse it... especially in the corrado since by then i was on my third tranny.... first one cracked... second one something broke and wreaked havoc on the gears... third one needs a new reverse gear an second gear synchro