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Originally Posted by mcramsay
Just a quick one, when using the standard bmw gearstick how do people find it's location in the cockpit? Would you rather it was moved back a little to bring it away from the dash panel? Thinking of extending the linkage a few inches to move it further back.
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Hi Mcramsay
There are different length BMW extensions for the gearlinkage. Have a look at my comments here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikes_...io/2879068794/
BMW very conveniently stamp the centre to centre length on their gear linkage extensions.
I found the Compact's linkage where c=277 gave me the position of gearstick that I wanted.
The standard E36 has C=257.2 (very precise the germans!), taking the gearstick 20mm further forward: you can just see the 257 stamped on the right of the extension in the photo below.
I fitted a Z3 stick which has a very short throw, and could be persuaded that it is too short for easy changes.
Patrick Short made a great image of the different ratio sticks available:
