Steering shaft options?

[Cowboy.Jim]

Hey everyone i was doing my front end and pulled the subframe and my steering shaft is looking like it's seen better days. Are there any IX specific options out there? everything i see aftermarket wise doesn't support the IX and i would like to put a shaft back in before i put everything else in. any other e30 or e36 shaft work or can i still get the parts for the shaft individually and rebuild it?

[Zambuzan]

What's wrong with it? Is the rubber coupling worn out? They all are at this point.

I'm not sure how different the iX shafts are from regular RWD shafts, but a few companies sell their own shafts with customizable lengths. Also, some companies sell replacement couplings of different durometers, but the shafts have to be heavily modified to accept these (though it might be worth it if this is what you're looking to fix).

[Ritzace]

If it’s just the rubber I got a Delrin one from condor and widened the mounting holes so the bigger nuts and bolts can fit through it. Haven’t tested it out yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Cowboy.Jim]

If it’s just the rubber I got a Delrin one from condor and widened the mounting holes so the bigger nuts and bolts can fit through it. Haven’t tested it out yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

i was worried about the joints being shot in the couplers but the rubber pad is bad as well i will order that pad from condor since i just ordered everything else from them.

[D.Martijn]

I'm also considering getting a delrin coupler instead of the rubber one.
Please let me know how it feels once you've installed it :)

However I can't recall having a guibo in the engine bay, I went through some old pictures and I think there's one fitted in the interior space instead of the engine bay.
Would this be iX + airbag specific...?

[Ritzace]

I'm also considering getting a delrin coupler instead of the rubber one.
Please let me know how it feels once you've installed it :)

However I can't recall having a guibo in the engine bay, I went through some old pictures and I think there's one fitted in the interior space instead of the engine bay.
Would this be iX + airbag specific...?

It might be a few weeks before I can try it out, and yeah It looks like the airbag version has the guibo on the inside opposed to the engine bay as well as different part numbers for the guibos
https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sho...diagId=32_0492
vs
https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sho...diagId=32_0484

[D.Martijn]

It might be a few weeks before I can try it out, and yeah It looks like the airbag version has the guibo on the inside opposed to the engine bay as well as different part numbers for the guibos
https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sho...diagId=32_0492
vs
https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sho...diagId=32_0484

Nice find!

The 32311155522 part looks pretty identical to the BMW 2002 (E10) steering shaft coupler. Wondering if they would be interchangeable as I'm pretty sure there are poly or delrin replacement for this the 02..
However, I'm using the vin number of my touring on Realoem and am missing this diagram. but I'm pretty sure the picture I posted, the 32311155522 guibo is present.

[Cowboy.Jim]

i ordered the derlin mount for mine the other day. what i was getting at was the u joints look beat up on each end of the shaft i was wondering if there was any aftermaket support for them as well or just to stop being paranoid and put it back in and run it with the derlin mount.

[ForcedFirebird]

It's not usually the giubo that wears out, although replacing it with a plastic giubo remedies it.

What really wears out is the plastic bushing inside the lower half of the giubo:



The end of the steering column has a tapered/smaller end that fits into a bushing, after it goes through the giubo. When that bushing is worn, you can grab the knuckle while it is all assembled, and it will have lateral movement (not rotational). The rotational movement comes from the slop in that hole, which causes the giubo to bind up.

[D.Martijn]

I got around fitting the new poly coupler this weekend. Much improved feedback/input in the steering wheel!
Would definitely recommend

The new coupler it quite a bit thicker than the original rubber guibo, so I had to press of the studs in the lower shaft and aluminium mount/flange

[Ritzace]

Oh nice is that the e10 Guibo you were talking about?

[D.Martijn]

Oh nice is that the e10 Guibo you were talking about?

I bought this one from a local-ish shop. They list it for many older BMWs

https://www.motorsportparts.nl/bmw/bmw-e30/subframe-en-draagarmen/urethaan-stuurstang-rubber