Has anyone experienced reinstalling a stock shift ****? I can't seem to get it back locked in.

 

Did you re-attach it to the boot first?

 

yes. i'm in the final process of just trying to push it down to lock.

 

Did yours come off intentionally or by accident? I banged 2nd gear a little too hard one time and the **** came right off the stick (but the boot was still attached!). I just slapped it back down and it was fine. Sure caught me by surprise just a little bit, tho. But that was last week's Mini that had a center arm rest that really didn't allow a good straight pull back for 2nd and 4th; I left the arm rest out of this week's Mini, and exactly for that reason.

 

Push. Really, really hard.

 

If the key that's inside the **** is lined up with the slot in the shift lever, it really shouldn't take more than a good hard rap with the palm of your hand, to pop the **** back into place.

 

i removed mine because i replaced it with the stock redwood color. i've tried to push really hard and evn tried banging it gently but somehow it won't pop in.

 

Ran across that on a friends clubbie. Same deal. On the R56 the ring at the top of the boot is slightly higher than the clearance you need for the shift ***.

I honestly did not see how to adjust that boot ring.

I know it is addressed on Doug Whalen's site http://www.whalenshiftmachine.com/

I can't speak for Doug but my guess is if you called him he would give you some tips


DUH! noticed that Doug has already chimed in above!