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Mine's doing the same stuff. When changing gears on the spot back and forth, I can feel the car moving a little. One shop told me that it's probably something to do with the transfer case. I know from history that at some point this car received a used (refurbished) transfer case.
I also get the 2 - 1 jerk sometimes.. I noticed it's felt much more once the car reaches normal operating temperature.
I'm currently at 352k KM and I scheduled it's first gearbox service (oil + seals)..hopefully it doesn't die on me after that. Although I was told that if the shop finds out that the gearbox is already too worn, they'll abort the scheduled maintenance..

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Originally Posted by X5chemist (Post 1221446)

Really? So mine wouldn't need the Russian spacer? On a front drive refresh, a spacer will be ready to go on.

Not sure if anyone has fitted this spacer to an LCI - it may not fit due to the longer shaft from the factory.

The transfer case is different too (NV125 vs ATC500) - the output spline drive on the LCI's ATC500 may be a different depth from the older (prone to failure) NV125. :dunno: