OK...so I've got more miles on a B&M shifter as mounted in our cars than anybody. I've had it on and off the car four times since installing it last year. It has always been installed per the latest, greatest instructions and hardware from B&M...and yes, Loctite is always used. My growing hatred of this poorly-desiged (only two machine screws to hold it down? WTF are they thinking?) pile of steaming feces is well documented in these pages.
Tired of fecking with it, the last time I had it installed professionally (along with the latest B&M bandaid fix)-- that is to say, someone with a lift rack and lots of sport-shifter installation experience. I work 10-12 hours per day not counting my 220 mile RT commute-- I don't have time to play. Yes, they used Loctite.
I noticed a tranny fluid leak a couple of weeks back while I was changing my oil and tried tightening down the shifter...the bolts seemed tight.
This morning, as I left my neighborhood, the entire assembly came off of the tranny housing-- in my freaking hand. Ironically, I was going to drop the car off at Guldstrand to have them tweak the alignment and see if they could tighten the shifter base down.
Luckily, I was able to get it into 2nd so that I could limp home.
To reiterate, before I hear "I have 8k miles on mine, no problems," "Use Loctite," and other predictable posts:
1) I have well over 40,000 miles under the wheels, much of it in shift-heavy LA traffic, with this shifter mounted (65,000 total).
2) Loctite has always been used. Always. Silicone as well.
3) I love the way the shifter feels...too bad it was rushed out of the door far too early and apparently designed by a team of retarded monkeys.
4) DO NOT PUT ONE OF THESE ON YOUR CAR.
You've been warned.
Tired of fecking with it, the last time I had it installed professionally (along with the latest B&M bandaid fix)-- that is to say, someone with a lift rack and lots of sport-shifter installation experience. I work 10-12 hours per day not counting my 220 mile RT commute-- I don't have time to play. Yes, they used Loctite.
I noticed a tranny fluid leak a couple of weeks back while I was changing my oil and tried tightening down the shifter...the bolts seemed tight.
This morning, as I left my neighborhood, the entire assembly came off of the tranny housing-- in my freaking hand. Ironically, I was going to drop the car off at Guldstrand to have them tweak the alignment and see if they could tighten the shifter base down.
Luckily, I was able to get it into 2nd so that I could limp home.
To reiterate, before I hear "I have 8k miles on mine, no problems," "Use Loctite," and other predictable posts:
1) I have well over 40,000 miles under the wheels, much of it in shift-heavy LA traffic, with this shifter mounted (65,000 total).
2) Loctite has always been used. Always. Silicone as well.
3) I love the way the shifter feels...too bad it was rushed out of the door far too early and apparently designed by a team of retarded monkeys.
4) DO NOT PUT ONE OF THESE ON YOUR CAR.
You've been warned.
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