unitedBMWonline.com - UUC Catalog Uploaded for 1 Series

[S54dan]

Here is our temporary catalog. We are planning to launch a new website later this year. As of right now, we believe this is easier to navigate than the UUC website.

United BMW - UUC

Remember, the exhaust is $850.00!

Special on the DSSR: $129.00 FREE ground shipping to ANYWHERE in the US.

$15.95 to Canada & $25.95 to Australia!!

Why is a DSSR important?

Originally Posted by UUC

One significant wear area that has never been addressed previously is the wear and ovalization of the linkage connection points at the transmission and the shifter's lower pivot.

In the original BMW design, the connection at both ends has a large injection-molded plastic bushing. We already know how badly plastic wears in an automotive application, and these areas are not an exception. The design of the selector rod has a pin at 90° to the main rod, which exerts a tremendous amount of leveraged force on the selector joint bushing from one side (known as a single shear force). The result is a steady deformation of the bushing, resulting in looseness and slop in the entire mechanism.

The looseness and slop are magnified by the leverage-multiplication effect of the shift lever itself. The result is an in-gear shifter "free play" of 3/4" and up to 1" in either direction, over 35mm total.

Timeline


New shifter shown on left, used shifters as removed from BMWs of various ages.

Shifter on far right is still wearing the nylon cup bushing. Note the eight "fingers" that grab the shifter, and the slots in between that let in grit and debris. The specific wear characteristics of this become obvious.



CLEAN DOES NOT LOOK ANY BETTER...

All used shifters cleaned with de-greaser and wiped free of debris.

Note the year-old shifters with distinctive wear pattern from nylon cup bushing.

THE CURE!!

Originally Posted by UUC

A temporary fix is to simply replace the selector joint. Unfortunately, this is only a temporary fix as the new joint's bushing will exhibit the same rapid deformation. To permanently fix this, a change in the fundamental design of the pivot is required, changing the assembly to a double shear system with the UUC Double Shear Selector Rod (DSSR).

The DSSR redistributes the torsional forces from the pin/bushing interface to the complete face area on both sides of the selector joint. By taking advantage of the strength of steel in the DSSR and the body of the joint, the problem of deformation is eliminated and the movement of the selector rod correlates directly to movement of the selector joint - the only "free play" movement remaining in the shifter assembly is from within the transmission itself. In-gear "free play" is reduced to approximately 10mm total when used with a UUC EVO3 shifter.

Special on the DSSR: $129.00 FREE ground shipping to ANYWHERE in the US.

$15.95 to Canada & $25.95 to Australia!!

Order through the website!! International orders, we will send you a freight invoice via PayPal. Thanks!!!

[UdubBadger]

uuc sways are excellent!

[S54dan]

Yes they are

I'm about to get a front sway for the E46

[rsjean]

Good move. I love everything at the UUC website - except the UUC website!

[S54dan]

Originally Posted by rsjean

Good move. I love everything at the UUC website - except the UUC website!

Me too! Let me know when/if you need anything

[spyderx]

I need motor oil change kit - oil, filter, wrench,...

and front hood mask, bra... for 2010 135i.

I'll pickup in Atlanta, pls.

Also, car wax, polish kit?

[S54dan]

^ I'll be shooting you a PM. We've got everything except for the mask and bra.

[spyderx]

Got your pm.
Is there a touch up for oem wheel curbed?
Any your hours for pickup pls

[S54dan]

No wheel touch-up. We're open 8am-6pm (internet dept. is open from 8am-5pm)

Also, we'd have to order the bra/nosemask.

[S54dan]

for UUC. Remember the exhaust is $850.00!