SSK is a nice mod. You will like it. DIY or PTM? I "paid the man"...
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SSK is a nice mod. You will like it. DIY or PTM? I "paid the man"...
Installed the shifter between cars today. Pretty straight forward. I unbolted the heat shield and dropped it into the exhaust and massaged my hand in from underneath, to set the selector rod after install.
When putting the knob on I realized my performance knob had come apart when I removed it from the original shifter. So I'll be epoxying that back together.
Couple of things that I noticed, the shift knob is not degrees quite the same on the shaft. And 6th gear is awkward. I'm sure I'll get used to it though.
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Fortunately I'm "The Man" 🤣Quote:
Originally Posted by ELCID86
Yea the shift knob doesn't sit quite strait on the UUC shaft. I find it annoying but I can live with it. It's the same way on my wife's 135.
That's good! Not sure why just 6 is odd. 5 is ok?Quote:
Originally Posted by bimmerteknik
Yeah it seems a bit less traveled. It engages fully, just doesn't quite feel right from 5th to 6th. I might take a video tomorrow to show it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ELCID86
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Does the 6th gear scrape at all? I had the wrong shifter sent to me originally. And as the others said, the UUC doesn't quite align straight, maybe 0.5-1 degree off. I'm used to it and don't notice it at all. The shifter feel is all I care about now.
No I haven't noticed any scraping, but I haven't driven it a whole lot since install either. It appears to be engaging good though.Quote:
Originally Posted by BMWCurves
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I wonder if my motor mounts and trans mounts are to blame, that theoretically would put more angle on the selector rod between the shaft and trans, therefore causing 2 4 and 6 to be less traveled and the opposite for R 1 3 and 5.
^ that may be overthinking it
Either way I think BFI motor mounts and some poly trans mounts of some sort are in order.
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I was wondering that too. Especially transmission mounts.