Shudder during reverse

[Ken in Australia]

Ken,
it might also be your rear brakes binding a little after being left at night with the handbrake on.
,
Greg

Thanks GP
I'll test it out by leaving the handbrake off all night and see what happens.
Cheers from Melbourne

[Ken in Australia]

u seem to have transmission problem ... old transmissions does this, usually as mattyb said, your tranny should engage after 1 sec approximately and the car should lift up a bit from behind, now if ur tranny is not working proparly then they transmission fluid pressure is not making the clutches shift the torque proparly causing the clutches to slip and engage frequently. as a results u will feel the shuddering. I don't know much about the fluid change for your tranny. maybe some other guys would reply and tell you. also you can search in the forum for tranny problems on M60 engines.

good luck

Thanks Grave 77
will do - am checking it all tomorrow - fingers crossed

[grave77]

good luck ... hope am not bringingbad news ... but to chear u up ... my dads car 735i had this problem since we bought it 1.5 years back ... he changed the fluid and it got better ... I dont tell u that the tranny is 100% good but it's working fine ... 70% Ok ...

so dont worry

[tlyons]

How did the check turn out. I have what sounds ot be the same problem with new 1990 535i.

Car is cold, start it up, engage reverse, you can feel it engage, but it almost seems to be fighting itself as you reverse.

Switch to drive, back to reverse, sometimes goes away. Once the car warms up, it has no problem at all.

Sounds like the same problem, but any input would be appreciated.

By the way, this is my first BMW, I love the style of the E34 535i. Hoping to have a lot of fun with it.

[Ken in Australia]

How did the check turn out. I have what sounds ot be the same problem with new 1990 535i.

Car is cold, start it up, engage reverse, you can feel it engage, but it almost seems to be fighting itself as you reverse.

Switch to drive, back to reverse, sometimes goes away. Once the car warms up, it has no problem at all.

Sounds like the same problem, but any input would be appreciated.

By the way, this is my first BMW, I love the style of the E34 535i. Hoping to have a lot of fun with it.

Hi tlyon
check out my post today - I hope that you have the good luck that I had