SLOPPY SHIFTER FIX! BMW Manual Transmission Shifter Rebuild DIY How To Guide Gearbox

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Hopefully that's enough keywords in the title. No one likes a sloppy shifter! In this video I show you how to replace the parts which cause this on older BMWs. This is an E46 but it should be the same/similar on E36, E39, E60 etc.
Parts I used:
25117580281 - gearshift rod joint
25111220439 - plastic washer x2
25111220600 - shift lever bearing
25117507695 - oval bush bearing
25117571899 - securing clip
25111222015 - bearing shift arm
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@phillipbutcher3130 Сағат бұрын

Unlike all the American videos that go on and on and don't show what you need to see, your video is funny and demonstrates what fails and how to replace it. I will be removing the gearbox to replace my clutch, rear main oil seal and starter so won't have the aggravation of getting that pin out of the metal selector cup. Keep up the good work fella.

@l33th3tr331 2 жыл бұрын

'It's really tight, I can't get my finger in.' - Everyone that's done this job in the past.

@radstar2185 2 жыл бұрын

I'm hear for the mr2 spyder but I am committed to Dan and his epic battle against entropy 🤣

@dannyDC2 2 жыл бұрын

Googling a lot of words lately but that's a good en

@quicknickdriver8510 2 жыл бұрын

Old and sloppy can never compete with fresh and tight. Laughed at your fleshlight reference 😆

@g1ng3r3131 2 жыл бұрын

"I need to try and swear less in my videos".... 4:31 🤣

@whoisgoogle 2 жыл бұрын

Yes Dan. Like it firm not sloppy lol

@TheMick26 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Danny.🖐 Just a few quick notes here. The mekanik put in all the labour to make the GB nice and precise again and I'm sure the driver will be pleased. But, the highest regards go out to the writers. These chaps are in top form!👌 This one was action packed with more twisted references than an episode of The Simpson's and our favourite man from Canuckistan combined.👏😂 There's a lot wrong in the world right now with high inflation, incompetent politicians, etc., but if nothing else, you should find solace in knowing what you do brings a lot of joy to at least one old grumpy bastard.👍😉 Cheers, Dan.

@meister_harris5623 2 жыл бұрын

You know you love your drift car when you use genuine bmw parts from a dealership 👑

@SuperForestfighter 2 жыл бұрын

Funny episode!! Personal favourite was when you removed the linkage near the start exclaiming “get out ya bastard”. Tickled me 😂

@DavyR33 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not a BMW Ultimate Driving Machine enthusiast. But I enjoyed every second of this one Dan. 😂

@anjingkampung 2 жыл бұрын

A much needed tutorial! The circular clip for the shifter ball is supposed to be turned in situ, after which it and he shifter come out together. Installation is the reverse- put the clip around the ball and drop both into the receptacle, then turn to lock in place.

@jackzvid 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't know Dr disrespect had an E46! Top video mate good to see your back 👍

@benripley7596 2 жыл бұрын

4.25 onwards at half speed.. Oh my days. Funny. Cheers Dan. Legendary video this one matey

@simonhaycocks 2 жыл бұрын

A job i keep putting off but really do need to do is this! My sons recently bought a similar car to mine but with only 70,000 miles on it compared to my 160,000. The shift quality difference is very noticable!

@nicholasavis9230 2 жыл бұрын

If you have the box out at some point you can get the bits to fix the detents from BMW. Makes the lever return to centre just nicely! Good fun video. Cheers

@Mr_Bones. 3 ай бұрын

This is a very useful video and I plan on doing this this summer. Thank you for helping me keep my 97 Z3 still on the road. Cheers and God bless

@ryansaelee6963 Жыл бұрын

Great video man. Very informative and thorough. Hopefully you keep up the good work!!!

@adogmcdizzle 2 жыл бұрын

Hilarious and informative - will bring plenty a BMW fan to the channel seeking a toit shift.

@demoguy08 2 жыл бұрын

Love the humor man. And thanks for an informative video, now I can tackle this with confidence.

@MomentumThief 2 жыл бұрын

That green interior is spectacular

@alionjay70 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Big Dan. Out of all the other manual transmission removal videos, yours is the only one that walks us through the removal of the pin in shift mechanism. That was the final release peace for transmission removal.

@budrobadre 2 жыл бұрын

You cracked me up. Also probably gonna do this on my 330Ci now, thanks a lot man.

@1mandanceparty Ай бұрын

I need to clean up my sloppy shift linkage, cheers mate!

@ghost030475 2 жыл бұрын

Dan is a man in control of his knob, see you at castle combe sir

@pussydribble 2 жыл бұрын

"This part is optional, in case it doesn't go so well bring a razor blade" Christ dan ahahaha

@themole85 2 жыл бұрын

almost pissed myself there :D

@AdrianMidgey1 2 жыл бұрын

I'm more worried he's shaving with a Stanley blade 🤣

@bez2944 2 жыл бұрын

That white ring you were hammering to get out actually has to rotate to install/uninstall. If you haven't rotated to install, than you can pull it out on a spirited shift very easily. Check it! Unless it is different from the M3 one. I,ve done that on my e46 M3, switching the lever with a 330d one and M5 knob. Feels great!!

@sneekeruk 2 жыл бұрын

Ive never known any different , both my e46's have been similar, so Ive just gone out and found mines got about an inch of play, So thats another thing added to my list of things to fix.

@lttexan 6 ай бұрын

My 530i is coming due for a new clutch. I think this is a must do while I'm in there!

@Retrobeemer 2 жыл бұрын

*Best thing I did to my M3's was fit a Samsona sprung shifter but as you rightly say, you need to replace all the bushings etc. Zero slop and insane precision. Also fitted uprated gearbox mounts. It was that good I could almost go in dry!*

@dannyDC2 2 жыл бұрын

If you say so. Not a fan personally

@Shauniboy1984 2 жыл бұрын

Jesus Dan I thought that was a broken nose then for a sec 🤕 - I gave myself a hernia removing one from an e90. Bloody handy guide, putting that handsome face at risk for the good of the masses

@shiTthebed86 2 жыл бұрын

6 year old danny playing in mums car!

@dannyDC2 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@nicholasavis9230 2 жыл бұрын

Also a duel sheer selector rod is a nice upgrade!

@andrew1henderson1983 2 жыл бұрын

Actually laughed out loud watching the bit about tugging nobs 🤣🤣🤣

@kieranbonnie7729 2 жыл бұрын

The facelift has two of those pissing clips at the front. I changed the front rubber bushes for poly as well and lost the will to live trying to get the pins back in while on my back on the drive while it rained. What I’d give for a ramp and being able to work inside ☔️ The white plastic part twists in and out if you get a screw driver either side until the locating tabs line up.

@jayceemendez2259 11 ай бұрын

Love the green interior!

@JamesChurchill3 2 жыл бұрын

Good to see your knob is nice and stiff now.

@justintimeforbrownies5246 2 жыл бұрын

You sound absolutely identical to Christopher Eccleston in Gone in 60 seconds and it makes the entire video amazing haha CHEERS 🍻

@fedezyl 2 жыл бұрын

haha awesome, best parts is the humor (cursing) and the music

@LowlyGamer 2 жыл бұрын

Watched the knob removal back at 0.25x speed. Was not disappointed.

@placeholdername3206 Жыл бұрын

I manual ZF swapped my E36 two years ago, and i did this + an Ebay short shifter. I used a poweflex oval bushing instead of the OEM. The short shifter makes it even better. Gear shifts are crisp and nice. None of that wobbly gearshifter you typically see on older BMW's because the bushings are blown out. You'd be stupid not to do this if you got the transmission out. Get a ZHP gear knob from a 330i ZHP as well, its weighted.

@williamscore5322 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this. Was a pain in the ass, but less because of your video.

@dannyDC2 10 ай бұрын

awesome

@michaeladgo 2 жыл бұрын

Not what I’d usually do , but I liiiikkkkkeeee itttttttttt!

@matreyia 2 жыл бұрын

I think you rotate the white shifter base bushing to remove it and insert and rotate it to lock it in place.

@qamar33537 2 жыл бұрын

I'm looking forward to doing that to my BMW E46 330D M sport

@dexietyy7922 5 ай бұрын

Haha I couldn’t get the ball out either smacked it out with a hammer and it bent the bottom of the rod like a flat spot in it. Replaced the ball socket put it all back together cleaned and greased the lot and it feels brand new now honestly feels like a gated manual it’s brilliant I think bending that bush also helped 🤣

@averyc7492 Жыл бұрын

Had quite a few laughs watching this. Great video

@GarryMcGovern 2 жыл бұрын

Watching a Danny video with Hendrix in the background? Ahhhhhhhhh yeah!!!

@kozmosis3486 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks so much! My favorite part is at 4:30 🤣🤣

@ianmulley2013 Жыл бұрын

Great video I want to do this to mine but it’s a 6 speed would you happen to know if the part numbers are the same?

@declanhenderson8894 2 жыл бұрын

This is highly convenient, I had a kit waiting and I just got mine started and ready to go on the car today thanks to this video 👍

@steveclark2262 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best/easiest mods i ever did on my e46 m3 was fitting the 330 clubsport/zhp weighted gearknob, made the shift feel massively better

@karread3589 Жыл бұрын

I just purchased an E46 M3, how difficult was it to change the gear knob? I bought the car to learn how to wrench, look forward to your response. Cheers 😊

@Ivkeeee Жыл бұрын

@@karread3589 pull up, push down, 10 second job

@user-ot7jd9dt7t Ай бұрын

@karread3589 you're definitely trolling, basically £900 labour or a 5-7 hour job

@aaaugust8965 2 жыл бұрын

The plastic socket for the shifter has two tabs on the side that locks the piece into the two slits on the alloy piece. So they come out pretty easily if you give them some taps with a screw driver to rotate it clockwise. You can see this on the old socket you knocked out

@dannyDC2 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I should really stop trying to make guides on how to do stuff without looking up how to do it first 😂

@anjingkampung 2 жыл бұрын

@@dannyDC2 Doesn’t stop most…

@coreytheecorey4056 9 ай бұрын

Being able to watch someone take apart their car and get a first hand view on what it looks like gives me the confidence to try myself Please don’t ever stop !

@user-ot7jd9dt7t Ай бұрын

@dannyDC2 you mechanics are straight up magicians

@lukewilkinson2539 2 жыл бұрын

How many Haynes spanners is the difficulty ? after seeing someone with a level 3 BTEC I do not recognise that as a training level

@fazrulrusdi3709 7 ай бұрын

Love the spoiler on that e46..what model is that?

@nikhilwadekar565 2 жыл бұрын

Saying the b word in your accent cracked me up 😂😂

@yardspeed13 2 жыл бұрын

Not long found you channel, don't have a BMW but that doesn't matter...just mooching some free entertainment, and entertainment i got. sub'd. I particularly enjoyed your story about France what a shitter of a day... 8:04 though, i've got some catching up to do.

@AaronFrance 2 жыл бұрын

Do you know any one with a fifth gen prelude with four-wheel steering? Would be interested in hearing your thoughts if you got a chance to drive one.

@BasWillems1234 2 жыл бұрын

Does this also fix sticky gear shifts.. i have to shift manually to center after pulling back from 5th gear

@mbhekisenisibiya2602 Жыл бұрын

My 325i gear number 2 doesn't drive I have to jump to number 3 for moving any help

@friguy4444 7 ай бұрын

Honestly i put a $28 ebay short shift unit into my e46 m3 and i am blown away how solid and acurate it has been.

@dannyDC2 7 ай бұрын

Whatever floats your goat

@miguelalejandro8702 2 жыл бұрын

Lets make it feel good. yes sir. this is love.

@mrmalavey1098 2 жыл бұрын

I was planning on doing this to my shitbox but after hearing those prices i'ma say fuck that shit it can stay in 2nd 😂

@dannyDC2 2 жыл бұрын

Haha its not that bad

@mrmalavey1098 2 жыл бұрын

@@dannyDC2 yeah to be fair were used to the BMW tax now so can't complain really. Just now I'm thinking do I spend the extra 30 quid n get the trans tunnel mounted one 🤔

@drewmerecer2595 Жыл бұрын

Need help !! I've changed all these parts but my shifter sticks to the right so goes straight into 5th and I don't know what to do 😢

@bigxsuave Жыл бұрын

for anyone about to do this don't use tap out the ball/shifter and plastic cup you spin it and it slides right out together

@walther89 10 ай бұрын

dose gearboxes have slick wobble when its fresh, (in gear) newer 6 speed have better

@TheSalt2011 Жыл бұрын

What's wrong with poly / delrin bushes for the alloy arm?

@andyrichwoolley5202 Жыл бұрын

E90 2005 325i manual tempremental reverse gear possible part I need

@jonapolloapollo5770 2 жыл бұрын

Dear friend I took my e39 520i to a mechanic to check my position sensor but when I left suddenly I noticed that 5 th gear WS loose just sloppy going into 5th now I don't remember anything like that I think it had some tension you know like reverse would it be easy to like switch mine for some other my car has 112,000 kilometers so still healthy I got a feeling some monkey bus has taken place I mean how hard would it be is it possible I want to be sure before I do something crazy

@cylonred8902 2 жыл бұрын

Most folks just break the plastic parts on the cup to get the ball out in the car. :) Everything I have read/seen says the ball should be lubed up before putting into the cup.

@newme-tp4ku 2 ай бұрын

i asked several worshops to do this and it skares them soo mutch that i say whatever.... would do it miself if i had the workspace and some tools

@99Lezard99 2 жыл бұрын

ive done that on my mx5. it was very much worth it as well. fully restored the superior shifter feel of a mk1 mx5. no need for short shifters.

@lilpwn4451 Жыл бұрын

How the hell do you get the pin into the “dodgy bastard” that was 40 pounds? My pin is damn tight and impossible to press through thej hole any advice?

@IwandeVries 2 жыл бұрын

Hi mate, this is the same for the E36 right?

@Thatweirdcargirl 6 ай бұрын

Well... "feels crap" is an understatement 😂 i heard a bang going from 4th to 5th, shes now stuck in 5th but gear stick is not connected, cant change gear and it just spins around in circles.... will this video help me fix that? Aha

@darksofianpro2043 Жыл бұрын

8:25 what is this how i can buy it new ?

@mickles1975 2 жыл бұрын

"Fuckin' knobhead" that reaction had me in fits.

@danielcgomez 2 жыл бұрын

nice nd firm after the fix ...not like playing pool with a piece of rope ey...

@W4mboL0gie 10 ай бұрын

The bearing for the shift arm i need costs me 52€ a piece here in germany. And i need two of these 😭

@lordmandleson 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this Dan. Got an E39 with a sloppy shift, so considering doing this (on floor!). Would vagueness always be down to the linkage, or could it be down to something within the gearbox too?

@-DC- 2 жыл бұрын

Nearly always the linkage 👍

@abc123732 2 жыл бұрын

i urge everyone......04:30 at slowest playback speed, sorry Dan :D

@mijnnaamisaaron 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with smelling your shift boot

@thetoughcookie3665 2 жыл бұрын

Omg this made me laugh so hard. Nice that he was ok 🤣😅

@N8_Mitchinson 2 жыл бұрын

"Bush held in by faith" is a great name for a christian Metal band

@alexhayes224 2 жыл бұрын

'In case it doesn't go so well, razor blade' bit extreme but ok 🤣

@mijnnaamisaaron 2 жыл бұрын

10:05 - maybe I'm overthinking this but is there a reason behind the use of soapy water instead of some 'lubricant' like WD-40?

@dannyDC2 2 жыл бұрын

It's kinder to the bush

@matthewnicholas6365 2 жыл бұрын

I can't seem to find your video of you doing this on the M3 Dan. Few questions - did you do the same job, ie drop the exhaust, prop and box to get to the clips?

@dannyDC2 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't make a video doing it on the M3 hence this video, but yes the process is the same

@matthewnicholas6365 Жыл бұрын

Can't believe I first attempted this job 9 months ago and back looking for advice... How did you pull the c-clip off the brass looking bush at the front? Is there a specific tool you used? I've currently got the car on axle stands and the cats off. Fitted new shifter and white ring shaped Bush and the rubber rear one. I didn't do the 2 at the front as couldn't see how to get the flex disc off. I'm at the stage of putting it all back together as it is better just with thay 545i shifter, but it's bugging me the last 2 bushes are sat there telling me not to give up.

@matthewnicholas6365 2 жыл бұрын

So my 77k mile M3 is a ****ing pig to change gear, especially when it's stone cold. Is this the fix? I wouldn't say it was remotely sloppy, just hard to go from neutral to 1st and 2nd.

@ChrisSmithEsq Күн бұрын

Why do you not recommend the polly rear bush?

@dannyDC2 Күн бұрын

Feels shit

@Grenadieros Ай бұрын

4:31, an upercut from the gear knob.

@kdark54 2 жыл бұрын

'Not cutting wrists yet'

@slowone6476 2 жыл бұрын

4:53

@bart1000 2 жыл бұрын

No chins were hurt in making of this film

@edwardkarran4963 2 жыл бұрын

"No blue pills required" stares at massive blue pill in the backdrop

@e46_land 5 күн бұрын

2024 full set goes to 101 GBP :D

@dokterkarel Жыл бұрын

done this without taking the exhaust and driveshaft off. I'm not recommending it! If you have the possibility, get that shit out of the way and lower the transmission a few cm if you can.