How To Fix Notchy Shifting

[notouching]

Got my AS shifter installed yesterday. 15% throw redux, stock height. SO GOOD. This is what the car should've come with stock.
Still notchy, takes effort to put the shifter into gear, but no slop, feels very precise.

[liquidsmoke]

Do you have to drop the exhaust and transmission to install the autosolutions shifter? I just got mine and need to work out how I'm going to install it...

[shimmy23]

Originally Posted by liquidsmoke

Do you have to drop the exhaust and transmission to install the autosolutions shifter? I just got mine and need to work out how I'm going to install it...

I've heard no, but a recent post in the DIYer section suggests otherwise

[Tellmee]

Trying to debate between IRP and Autosolution... To remain factory look autosolution is the way to go but Ive heard good things of extended shifter and IRP feeling.

[lenrok]

Originally Posted by icin235

WOW!

THE AUTOSOLUTIONS SHIFT KIT.

Simply perfect. The second I grabbed my shifter with the newly installed AutoSolutions shift kit, I could tell the difference.

NOTCHINESS ELIMINATED! Seriously!

Solid. Accurate. Rifle-bolt feel.

WATCH:

If you want the absolute best shifting in your BMW, I cannot recommend this shifter enough.

I got the stock-like 7% shift throw reduction. A 20% shorter shift kit is available too. The website doesn't say they make E9X shifters, but they do. $414 and well worth it.

TOP POST UPDATED WITH FULL INFO.

Is there a link to purchase?

[leemik]

Originally Posted by lenrok

Is there a link to purchase?

http://www.autosolutions.net/index.html

There is no online ordering. You have to call Ronald to order. He'll go through options with you and build it according to your specs.

--mike

[Camnyc]

Originally Posted by liquidsmoke

Do you have to drop the exhaust and transmission to install the autosolutions shifter? I just got mine and need to work out how I'm going to install it...

Exhaust mid section needs to be lowered, not removed. Trans does not need to move. you remove the heat shielding above the mid section and you have enough space to do the swap.

[icin235]

HERE IS AN AUTOSOLUTIONS SHIFTER ON A BMW M235I

An AutoSolutions Shift Kit to replace the plastic ball, cup and the cushioned stick shift.
I got the stock-like 7% shift throw reduction. A 20% shorter shift kit is available too.
$460 and well worth it.

THE NOTCHINESS IS GONE. It is simply perfect. Solid. Accurate. Rifle-bolt feel.

If you want the absolute best shifting in your BMW, I cannot recommend this shifter enough.

[DavidZ]

My $0.02. I just talked to Ronald at autosolutions and ordered a 15% shifter. Super nice guy!

[Scrippy]

Originally Posted by squartus

Yea because everyone is racing timed events on 0-60 times and need that extra .10 seconds.
I drive it everyday for fun myself, and is the best anti theft prevention since past two generations can't drive a manual lol.

A tenth of a second is a huge difference in racing. Watch qualifying in any race series and tenth, hundreds and thousandths may mean P1 or P2. A tenth of a second per lap in a long race translates into full seconds over the full race. This is why most race cars have paddles. I don't have a dog in the fight because I like both but which is faster in a race is and has been proven already. Accept it 3 pedalers.

[SAMM3Y]

I got the Turner one with a Turner claimed 47% reduction in throw and the extra leverage of a longer turner rally style shifter because racecar

[BimmerMan33]

Originally Posted by SAMM3Y

I got the Turner one with a Turner claimed 47% reduction in throw and the extra leverage of a longer turner rally style shifter because racecar

How do you like the turner adjustable shifter, especially with the taller shift rod?

[SAMM3Y]

Originally Posted by BimmerMan33

How do you like the turner adjustable shifter, especially with the taller shift rod?

The only drawback is added NVH.. the crispness and ease of the shift with the extra leverage is killer.. need to come up with a vibration deadener for it, maybe change the knob or try a thick poly washer on it or something..

[DavidZ]

Originally Posted by Camnyc

Exhaust mid section needs to be lowered, not removed. Trans does not need to move. you remove the heat shielding above the mid section and you have enough space to do the swap.

When I DIYed my UUC SSK, I removed the x pipe and shifter carrier entirely (which requires lowering of trans). I'm going to remove both for the Autosolutions install as well, but here's a DIY that shows had it can be done without removing either. The Autosolutions instructions are pretty basic. That DIY should help any first-timers.

[Camnyc]

Originally Posted by DavidZ

When I DIYed my UUC SSK, I removed the x pipe and shifter carrier entirely (which requires lowering of trans). I'm going to remove both for the Autosolutions install as well, but here's a DIY that shows had it can be done without removing either. The Autosolutions instructions are pretty basic. That DIY should help any first-timers.

I did use this one as a guide, but it was easier to lower the xpipe and slide the heatshielding back. Provided more room to really see what you are doing.

[DavidZ]

Originally Posted by Camnyc

I did use this one as a guide, but it was easier to lower the xpipe and slide the heatshielding back. Provided more room to really see what you are doing.

Damn, I thought I had the only single hump manual E90 on the planet. Anyways, did you leave the shift carrier in place? If so, I guess you had to cut/grind down a hex key to do the hex screws?

[Camnyc]

Originally Posted by DavidZ

Damn, I thought I had the only single hump manual E90 on the planet. Anyways, did you leave the shift carrier in place? If so, I guess you had to cut/grind down a hex key to do the hex screws?

Haha, Im sure we are two of the few. Yes, I left the carrier in place, used a file to give the new shifter clearance and did cut down the allen key for the drivers side screws.

[TigerTater]

Originally Posted by DavidZ

Damn, I thought I had the only single hump manual E90 on the planet. Anyways, did you leave the shift carrier in place? If so, I guess you had to cut/grind down a hex key to do the hex screws?

I wrote a tips thread on the Autosolutions Kit.
The AS kit includes new carrier bushings as well...so you have to take it aloose to put them in. I just pulled the carrier out also and put the new collar in outside the car..no cutting the Allen key down. It does take a fair amount of finagling to get it back in place especially stabbing the rear carrier bushing.

[Tellmee]

Got the 15% reduction kit and just wow.... I am very satisfied.

[DavidZ]

Those that DIYed the Autosolutions, did you replace the part I highlighted in red? That was the most hilariously difficult part of the job.

[Camnyc]

Originally Posted by DavidZ

Those that DIYed the Autosolutions, did you replace the part I highlighted in red? That was the most hilariously difficult part of the job.

I did. Wasnt that difficult. I installed the rod as one piece. Once you move the circlip out of the way, you can use an allen key to push the pin down and out from the top.

[DavidZ]

Originally Posted by Camnyc

I did. Wasnt that difficult. I installed the rod as one piece. Once you move the circlip out of the way, you can use an allen key to push the pin down and out from the top.

Yeah that's how I did it too, but between that and the rear carrier bushing, my knuckles are busted up. I don't recall having such a hard time when I installed my UUC.