Re: [E36M3] <E36 M3-328> Lets bend it (M-Z3, 2.8-Z3 shift levers)

[Sue Kraft <suzym3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ron,

I noticed the word "re-bent" in your post.  Why did the M-Z3 shift lever have to
be re-bent?
Are they bent different for different cars?  Also, are you bending shift levers or
re-bending shift levers for those who request it?  And if the answer is
re-bending, why would you have to do that?  I really don't know squat about
engineering, so please forgive me if these are lame questions.  All this bending
and re-bending stuff is confusing.  And one last lame question, if you re-bend a
shift lever too many times, does it weaken the metal?

Suzy

Suzy

RonStygar@domain.elided wrote:

>   I made a post selling the re-bent M-Z3 shift lever that I removed from Scott
> Rohrs 318tis.  It's gone.
>   As a result of that post, I had several requests asking me to bend one for
> them.  If you want to, in support of that do it yourself spirit, I'll bend
> your shift lever and/or selector rod for you.  $20.00 plus shipping for a
> shift lever and $10.00 for a selector rod.  I basically duplicate the stock
> shift lever angle accommodating the difference in height of the new lever.  If
> you want to deviate from that, I can too.  Alan's Dad's absurd, complicated
> and not properly engineered contraption lets us put the shift lever wherever
> you want to.
>   I also address the shift lever shaft/rubber interface looseness noted on the
> recent shift levers, without crimping it.  This maintains the seal of the
> boot.
>
>  RonStygar@domain.elided  FLY BMW  Marlborough, CT
>   www.unofficialbmw.com/ronstygar.html

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