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Performance Short Shift Gear Lever Kit

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#1 ·
Heres my "How To" fit a Short Shift Gear Lever Kit (INSTALLING SET GEAR LEVER KINEMATIC) from
@ £158.10

i used this post to help me " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
i added a little more helpful details.

In The Box


Befor


First step is to remove the gear knob, by selecting 4th & kneel on the seat facing the back seats & pull hard with one arm, & off it pops, & with out smacking your self in the face.


Second is to remove the plastic trim & gear stick gaiter, then rubber casing around the stick



Then you need to undo the white collar around the gear lever 'ball' and lift the lever up to gain access to the
clip on the bottom of the stick underneath, i use some long nose pliers as in the picture below & turn right & it will pop up & out


Then lift the gear lever up & pull to one side to view the clip as below bottom right, using the long nose pliers clamp & lift up and then slide the bottom bush of the stick


Remove old gear stick, replace with the new short stick remembering to have the bend in the stick leans away from the dash, fit the clip, lower the white collar & push down on it with the pliers till it clicks into place



fit the rubber housing, the new black Alcantara Stick Gaiter & plastic trim Then the new gear knob.

Job done.





& it feels so much better sporty with the 25% less travel & much much quicker shifting, very very happy.
 
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#32 ·
hi guys

im new to the forum but have analysed your mods quite alot. i have bmw e90 320d and dont have anyone on e90 forums who has done this mod ie ssk on a diesel so i took the risk. i followed your guide and went all ok....changed gearbox oil and diff oil to redline performance.

however i still get crunchy gear vhanges and at times i have to push gears harder from 5th to 4th or to 3rd...is it due shorter gear shift. im using same gear knob and gaiter. mstyle said with most ssk they hit driveshaft nut once installed is this true?
 
#34 ·
so the driveshaft nut should not be catchin u think?

i also fitted cltch stop with steel washers which compliment shifting a lot but the gearbox was notchy before i fitted it...do you think over time time the gear shift will get better...i noticed when its warmer it shifts up really well but dropping gears its really notchy...
 
#37 ·
Blackbmw120d said:
Ant said:
I still can't get the bloody plastic collar to pop up, turn it 90 degrees to right and nothing, anything I am doing wrong???
It should pull up once the plastic locators have disengaged from the metal housing. Can you see that they are clear ?
Nope arrows facing forward should come up but nothing, going to break something in a minute
 
#44 ·
Great how2.

Ant fitted the kit to his car, then removed it and sold me said car.

Then I bought the ssk off him and had to go through the same procedure on this thread.

All went fairly smoothly but took over an hour. This was due to the really annoying circlip which is so hard to reach. Getting it off without dropping it was painfully slow...

...until I had to refit and that was even harder. No space in there! Glad I had some string temporarily looped round the clip as I dropped it about 3 times.
 
#46 ·
dangee said:
Fitted one of these today and now with run running and driving the gear knob is constantly shaking around, any ideas lads ?
Is your car a diesel?
 
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