B&M short shift!!!!

  1. #1
    Alrighty,

    Just finished fitting this.....took me 3 hours !

    I was also fitting Group N gear linkages but only 2 out the 3 fitted as the longest one had nothing to hold it in place, just slopped about like a wet fish.

    I had to remove the exhaust, taking the two back exhaust mounts of took about 30 mins alone!! Took the heat shield of and 2 threads snapped in the nut fuckin raging at this point, then managed to get the old stick out, new one in, all tightened up, heat shield on only to find that as this stick is lower the shield hits it at every opportunity!!

    So after numerous chucks were taken out the heat shield the bloody thing finally went on.

    B&M instructions make it sound so easy but they fail to tell you half the things you need to do to get it to fit!!

    Rant over.

    By the way, it's dead stiff now and there's no play in the stick anymore which is great, feels a lot tighter.
  2. #2
    think im going ot haev to get one, i got loads of play in my stick
  3. #3
    I've only driven it home from my dads workshop (4 miles) but it seems to be much stiffer and tighter plus my annoying as fuck squeeks gone!! WOOHOO!!
  4. #4
    This is where i got mine,

    http://www.potn.co.uk/-_c618_4518_4522_p1615009.htm

    But i only paid £80.
  5. #5
    just fitted my b&m shifter today its nice and stiff but hard to put in to gear not near enough impossible just clunky sorta beats the point of being a QUICK shift , the instructions said to take the exhaust off but i didnt understand why so i just fit the shifter in and left the exhaust alone.
    can some one tell me what i done wrong
  6. #6
    6 year bump there, not bad Anyway lol I had the same problem when I fitted mine. The b&m shifter is slightly longer than standard and rubs on the exhaust heat shield, prventing it going smoothly into gear. Either cut a small section out so it doesnt rub or take it off (probably better to cut a small bit!)
  7. #7
    ok will have a look next time my mate has his garage free, will update as soon as