<E28> 535is Transmission

["Donald McMahon" <McMahonDon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dale

I may have had this problem and it drove me crazy for quite a
while.  I never got the answer off this list or any other the others.

The transmission linkage may be hitting the "harmonic balancer"
surrounding the guibo on the drive shaft. (If you have the balancer).

One way to remedy this other than replacing the whole balancer
is to just cut off the metal ring (the balancer part) and clean up 
the other stuff that will be there. Take the car for a drive to see if
you butt feels the shimmy of an out-of-balance drive shaft. My 
bet is that it won't need the balancer. (I still have the new one I
was going to put on a couple of years ago).

Don McMahon
Okemos, MI

>Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:19:15 -0500
>From: "Dale Gange" <dandsgange@domain.elided>
>Subject: <E28> 535is Transmission
>
>I have a 1987 535is with 160k miles.  I noticed over a year ago that
when I
>engaged 5th gear that if there was any pressure applied to the
gearshift knob
>to the right I would hear a sound like gears grinding.  Recently, this
noise
>has gotten much worse.  I hear the noise anytime the gearshift is in
5th gear.
>I can move and hold the knob to the left and and the sound goes away.
>
>Any ideas?  Is the transmission going or is it something more simple
like
>replacing the fluids or the gearshift bushings?
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Jason Gange
>dandsgange@domain.elided

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