I had the same BMW sourced "handle" as Rob before the change. I has the following done.
Remove old handle.
Cut the shaft of the gearlever shorter.
Push leather gaiter lower on the shortened shaft
Secure new ball with three grub screws to shaft
Screw cover over top of grub screws to hide them and make it pretty.
The leather gaiter needed no changes.
Be careful how much you take off the length of the shaft.
On the S2 the ZF 6 speed has a strong spring to protect reverse.
When you shorten the shaft you reduce the leverage so you have to push hard to pass the detent. Its okay for me but my wife was almost unable to select reverse.
Between handling the pedals, gearbox and the fly off handbrake it made selecting reverse on a slope risky and uncomfortable for her.
Last edited by Alistair; 05/07/16 04:06 PM.
