Or any other shifter that comes as complete assembly, not just the shifter stick or whatever…
Anyway, everything here is very straight forward, but there are 2 bolts holinding the assembly quite far and it’s almost impossible to reach. The best way to get to them is from underneath the car with a gear wrench. (12mm) On my car, i also had to drop the cross member in order to get one of the bolts out… but otherwise, very simple, but time consuming install (30min to an hour)
B&M Shifter Review:
The complaints about the noise are true. It is quite noisy, but it’s not annoying or anything. The shifting is incredible though, it retains stock height (which i don’t find to be necessarily a good thing) but the throw is very very short, it’s impossible to mis-shift from 2nd to 3d, because it just pops right into place. And i have not noticed any problems with it what so ever. It even comes with a b&m shift knob, which i need to sell now
i recommend it, even though it’s quite expensive, it’s a very solid unit.
put it this way, the tranny vibrates and there are no soft bushings in the B&M shifter to take away that vibration, in fact the precision made parts absorb that vibration and make noise… (if anything that i just said makes sense, then i’m glad cuz i can’t think right now)
Welp, I just got from installing my B&M. Only problem is, I still have
trouble getting the 5th and 6th bolts in (the ones up front). I managed
to get the 5th in half way but no rooms to screwing it in. And the 6th
I just didn’t put it in. I wil have to wait till nicer weather to try again.
I will do some kinda writeup and such with pics and vid later.
This is why i made that post, it was specifically about getting those last 2 bolts in and out, because there were a few people who have had trouble with that already.
I have the obx short shifter installed in my car (ive recently purchased Adams car… ps LOVE IT) anyways
i get alot of that grinding type noise and i understand that its normal with the short shifter cause of tranny vibrations etc… I was just wondering if it is hurting my tranny at all by making those noises. It shifts perfect into every gear never pops out and is stif and i love it , but that noise just makes me nervous.
platinum240sx
Never dealt with OBX’s, but i remember going over quite a few threads dealing with those noises coming from OBX shifters (i think there is a way to fix them too) You might want to search…
The OBX is merely a shifter handle replacement that provides shorter
throws because of the pivot point. The fix that I believe most are talking
about, is the small plastic/rubber piece that’s at the bottom of the handle.
I believe that’s the piece and you can probally get one from a local Nissan dealer.
