#CAE SHIFTER E46 M3 INSTALL PDF FREE#

Re-install the airbag/horn by aligning the tabs and pressing firmly. Set the shifter throw and knob height to your personal preference, tighten up slop in the shifter assembly caused by the soft factory bushings and The Stage 1+ Drivetrain Package Includes: Subaru 5-Speed Front Shifter Bushing Subaru Rear Shifter Bushing 5-Speed Double Adjustable Short. See how much surface-area contact there is? A very nicely designed setup! The dental pick is pointing to the new paddle's switch tab. I used a dental probe (from Yellow Hat) to move the switch=cover back into place. There is the offensive misaligned switch-cover! Now, it's time to remove the 2 bolts holding the trim to the wheel. You can see the sockets for the horn assembly 3 and 6 o'clock (relative) on the wheel.

#CAE SHIFTER E46 M3 INSTALL PDF FREE#

Move across to the other side and you will free the airbag/horn from the wheel. Then, gently pry one side of the airbag/horn from the wheel. Feel around for the spring-levers (they are straight-in), they are pretty strong. Next, insert a flat-head screwdriver into the side-ports on the steering wheel. Now, in order to fix this problem, you have to remove the air bag, horn, and trim from the steering wheel! So, first you must disconnect the (-) terminal from the battery. Now back at my place, dismantled the paddles once again and saw the grey plastic covering the hole like this (Oh Noes.:()

I also picked up a Dental tool from Yellow Hat: n i realized the worst had happened, the switch cover had moved.oh daaaamn!!!! At this point i left from Ahmads place and headed to ACE Hardware and picked myself a tool kit: It should feel like it did with the OEM paddles, only better! Check out your good work!ДЄt this point everything fit well.however, the paddle refused to move :(. Make sure that you can feel the switch working. I just need to tighten the pin to make it an installed paddle:

Be careful to make sure that the spring is seated correctly and that the switch-cover has not become misaligned! It should be a perfect fit, and may require some jiggling to get the pin back in. Gently pull the assembly away from the steering wheel, being careful to keep the spring from falling.Д¬arefully place the spring into the new lever's socket, lubricate the pin and tab with some grease, and install in the same manner as the OEM levers. SMG paddle assembly with pivot pin partially removed: Keep in mind that you should grease the pin and contact points on the paddle switch tab before assembly. So the pics im posting are from the DIY site :)ДЁmm open-end or socket wrench for the (-) terminal on the battery. Part of the job was done at Ahmads place and the rest at my place in the night, so didnt take pics at night with the crappy BB that i have. thought I'd post a few pics of the DIY process for others. So i proceeded to work on the paddles with the guidance of an expert who did the same DIY for his car (Thanks Ahmad :)). Had read about the DIY to fix these paddles online and was warned about the switch cover and that you had to be very careful whilst dismantling the paddles. So finally i ended up buying the CF paddles that Eyad was selling on his friends behalf :)

Cae shifter e46 m3 install pdf