[///M3NACE]

Shifter bushings! July of 2014 will be my 9 year of ownership on my e90 330i. Its a 6mt and love it. In the last few months I been trying to shift into 3rd and hit 5th by accident. I know its not my driving I been driving manual for a long time and owned over 6 manual vehicles. Thats the only gear I can complain about and it happened to me like 5 times.

I drive this daily now and it has 62k miles. Anyone replace or experience something like this? Is this age related or wear related and/or both. I know its a bushing I see a faint play in it but not bad enough to replace. I had a E36 M3 that has tons of play in it and was hard to get into proper gear was pretty loose.

Will a short shifter kit have the necessary bushing kit for my vehicle? I was thinking why not do it since its an upgrade.

[p-brad]

I have a 2006 330i 6MT and with 66k miles. I never experienced the mis-shifting problems you described but had a Rouge short shift kit installed yesterday (along with a modified clutch delay valve) and I am loving it! Throw is short and everything is less sloppy. Definitely worth the money for the upgrade.

[BMWE90 ModMaster]

time for a short shift kit

[Efthreeoh]

I'm at 238K as of today. Shifter is original and works almost good as when new. Not as near a loose as my E30 was at the same mileage.

[Jeremy]

Cdv delete than SSK

[///M3NACE]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

I'm at 238K as of today. Shifter is original and works almost good as when new. Not as near a loose as my E30 was at the same mileage.

Damn congrats on the mileage! I def see something wrong it happened again today and I realized it happens when the car is cold. I wish I can check others to see the play but all my buddies have auto bmw e90/e92 or e46 m3s. When positioned in a gear it does have some slop in it. I think im going to ignore it until It starts to be unbearable. The bushing is cheap like 20 bucks