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2007 M8 should I be able to move the reverse shaft by hand?

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I am working on a 2007 M8 and I pulled the diamond drive out to service it. All looks good inside but when I removed the actuator and tried to move the reverse arm by hand it would not move or at least not much. I split the case and removed the shift fork and tried to lift the slider and it didn't move much. I guess I just expected it to shift like a car transmission. Is this normal, how does the unit shift into reverse? Thank you
 

sidehillm8

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I could not shift mine with my hands when I rebuilt it. The actuator has quite a bit of torque.

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