jamesw
Well-Known Member
Please allow me to vent. I am in 265OD hell...
A few years ago I purchased a car which came with a loose old-style 265 with speedo cable. I took it to a local shop who rebuilds manual transmissions and asked them to open and inspect it and replace what needed replacing. They took 2 weeks but finally found the right bearing puller and press/separator. I eventually ended up replacing all 6 syncros per the shop's recommendation at a parts cost of $600.
I brought the transmission plus Sahara to the local BMW guru Sergio who did a fabulous job installing it (he even put new seals on the trans because the shop neglected to do that). He ran the car through the gears on the chassis dyno and all was well. They called me to come pick it up - woohoo! Then they called me back and said the car wouldn't go into reverse :-( I asked them to make sure it was warmed up and keep trying - no luck.
So I had the car towed back to the trans shop. They removed and disassembled the trans and told me one of the forks looked bent and a number of the syncros were buggered up. ???? WTF?
I sent them the exploded parts diagram but they just weren't interested in getting the parts and trying to rebuild it again.
So I ended up buying another Getrag OD trans off Ebay - should be here Friday...
So what do you all think happened? Do you think the shop "runner" trashed my trans trying to take my car to get washed? Did the rebuild shop put it together wrong?
Cheers
James
A few years ago I purchased a car which came with a loose old-style 265 with speedo cable. I took it to a local shop who rebuilds manual transmissions and asked them to open and inspect it and replace what needed replacing. They took 2 weeks but finally found the right bearing puller and press/separator. I eventually ended up replacing all 6 syncros per the shop's recommendation at a parts cost of $600.
I brought the transmission plus Sahara to the local BMW guru Sergio who did a fabulous job installing it (he even put new seals on the trans because the shop neglected to do that). He ran the car through the gears on the chassis dyno and all was well. They called me to come pick it up - woohoo! Then they called me back and said the car wouldn't go into reverse :-( I asked them to make sure it was warmed up and keep trying - no luck.
So I had the car towed back to the trans shop. They removed and disassembled the trans and told me one of the forks looked bent and a number of the syncros were buggered up. ???? WTF?
I sent them the exploded parts diagram but they just weren't interested in getting the parts and trying to rebuild it again.
So I ended up buying another Getrag OD trans off Ebay - should be here Friday...
So what do you all think happened? Do you think the shop "runner" trashed my trans trying to take my car to get washed? Did the rebuild shop put it together wrong?
Cheers
James