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**Cmossel** · 06-18-2006, 11:21 AM

Hey i just got my bmw 325e a couple months ago and the guy who sold it to me never told me it didnt go into fifth gear, i try to but it there and it just wont hold and i was wondering what do i have to do to fix that if u could help it would mean a lot to me

**Chris** · 06-18-2006, 11:48 AM

hmm......

I personally couldn't tell you, sorry.

But If you check back in a couple hours, i'm sure you'll have some good replies. There aren't many people on right now. Dudesky and c1apton and others will be on at some point and they are all very knowledgeable about the BMW transmissions.

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**Dudesky** · 06-18-2006, 02:03 PM

You mean it pops out of 5th? If you hold it in, does it work? I have a friend who used to carry a 2x4 with him, to jam it between the stickshift and his seat so it wouldn't pop out

In a nutshell, your 5th gear synchronizer has failed. You either need a rebuild, or it may be cheaper to get a used transmission put in. Sorry for the bad news

**c1apton** · 06-19-2006, 06:20 AM

Does it shift "normal" in other gears? If so, it's as D-sky mentioned, probably syncro problems. If the other gears are somewhat difficult it's a possibility that you have a shifter issue. (bushings, etc)

**RealBmw 02** · 06-19-2006, 09:25 PM

If it goes into fith and then pops out I don't think it is a syncro issue. Even with bad syncros you can get into gear, there will just be some grinding issues.

Like c1apton mentioned you might have bad shift linkage bushings. Do you have play in the shifter while it is in other gears?

**Dudesky** · 06-20-2006, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by RealBmw 02

If it goes into fith and then pops out I don't think it is a syncro issue. Even with bad syncros you can get into gear, there will just be some grinding issues.

Not always. That's a typical and the most common problem with the synchromesh system, but not the only one. Sometimes the balk rings don't allow the shaft collar to fully lock into gear, causing it to disengage and go back to its detent position, in between gears, as was the case with my friend's Jetta. In the end, he destroyed the gearbox by keeping it forced in with the shifter, but it got him home to Jersey from Ohio.

But I agree that I may have jumped the gun on my first reply; it could indeed be a sloppy shifter issue. If so, it could be the seat bushing; the big plastic ring at the bottom of the 'stick'.

**Cmossel** · 06-22-2006, 10:08 AM

so how much would that cost to get fixed

**Dudesky** · 06-22-2006, 06:39 PM

^^^A shifter rebuild? Don't know what they'd charge you; I did mine myself and the parts cost me about $130

**Cmossel** · 06-24-2006, 12:16 PM

i figured out what was wrong i was driving to grandhaven AND THEN I PUT THE CLUTCH IN AND THEN IT JUST POPPED OUT IT WAS LIKE I WAS CHURNING BUTTER MY CLUTCH DIED, OR MY LINKAGE OR MY TRANNY

(its horible)

**Cmossel** · 07-05-2006, 11:21 PM

yell i figured out what happend but it wasnt the best way to happen, my selector rod joint fell out and i was stranded with out a cell phone flagged some guy with a lexus (that car was hot too) he drove me to where my friends where and i had the car towed the next morning, but then i had my friend from church look at it and it only costed me 100 bucks to get fixed and now i have my fifth gear back but one of my brackets is broke and i have to let my buddie fix that too

**94bmw325i** · 07-05-2006, 11:35 PM

that sounds like a bummer man, I hope you can get it all fixed then do some modding!

**celsdogg** · 07-06-2006, 08:47 AM

thats good. glad to hear its working out!

nick_318is · 07-06-2006, 10:02 AM

Happy to hear it was only the selector rod, hope you get the rest of your troubles figured out.