I was on my way from university today, and this 518i e34 was really annoying dragging himself in front of me, so I had overtaken him on the first spot I could. It was after a crossing, I left the stick in 1st, and when I shifted to 2nd gear, my gear lever broke ....first moment I was like - WTF? because I don't shift viciously or hard...i drive pretty gently. I pulled over and inspected it, finding out my gear lever broke just above the gear lever ball (name?)... shown here:



looking up at realoem



part number 6.....


I will go buy new one tomorrow, what bothers me is....I know putting a Z3 shift lever means getting a shortshifter....now, I had a shortshifter. Previous owner installed it, but I don't know if he used a z3 lever or not, so I'm in for some fun figuring out what lever i have.....had


peeps, just wanted to let you guys in on what fun my e34 gives me


p.s. supposedly it broke because shortshifters are exposed to more stress than normal shift levers....i don't know