Clunking? on my 87 325is?

[E30Nova]

Hell, Matt, maybe a shortened Ford 9" too!

lmao, hey I remember seeing a link to a Swedish thread where someone backhalved an E30 to put in a 4 link with either a 9" or a Dana 60. I'd be down to do it. ;)

Matt

[StereoInstaller1]

Hell, Matt, maybe a shortened Ford 9" too!

[StereoInstaller1]

From what I've researched and as others have already pointed out, the real problem is not the CSB but the U-joint not being servicable. The CSB and/or guibo going bad is usually a direct result of bad u-joint. Many driveshaft rebuilders usually replace the u-joint with a servicable one but I don't know how many times one car would need it's u-joint replaced if it was properly rebuilt the first time.

The original ujoint generally craps out at 150,000 to 220,000, my car is near 300,000 and I plan on seeing 500,000...so 3 or 4 maybe?

I still say drop the cash at the stealership. Cheap insurance IMO.

[kikkoman]

From what I've researched and as others have already pointed out, the real problem is not the CSB but the U-joint not being servicable. The CSB and/or guibo going bad is usually a direct result of bad u-joint. Many driveshaft rebuilders usually replace the u-joint with a servicable one but I don't know how many times one car would need it's u-joint replaced if it was properly rebuilt the first time.

[E30Nova]

Meh...drop the diff, put the driveshaft in, put the diff back up.

Might be a slight hassle, but it's cheaper. ;)

Matt

[e30loverSC]

yea no way to get a one piece driveshaft.. that would be nice.

[StereoInstaller1]

Matt, the deal is that you cannot INSTALL the 1 piece driveshaft, see? You have stubs on both ends, the damn thing has to collapse somewhere to let it fit between the diff and the transmission.

lol well i have come to find out our driveshafts are rebuildable. What they do is take our old you joints that arent reaplaceable and replace them with new servicable ones.

...please, go spend YOUR money on it. Let me know how that turns out, would you?

[E30Nova]

the driveshaft was designed with joints in it for a reason

Probably, but I don't see how a car as small as an E30 really needs a two piece driveshaft. I've only seen them on big ass trucks. Actually I've seen them on other cars that people use for drag racing (can't remember wtf it was...I wanna say 4th gen Camaros but that doesn't sound right), and they were replaced with one piece driveshafts.

If I ever get a freakin job I'd be down to get a one-piece made just to try.

Matt

[e30loverSC]

There is a shop in atlanta according to a guy on here.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=156817&highlight=rebuilt+driveshaft

Thats a deal.

[SpecM]

lol well i have come to find out our driveshafts are rebuildable. What they do is take our old you joints that arent reaplaceable and replace them with new servicable ones.

dude, if it was that easy, wouldn't we all do that?

it's not as easy as it sounds

[e30loverSC]

lol well i have come to find out our driveshafts are rebuildable. What they do is take our old you joints that arent reaplaceable and replace them with new servicable ones.

[SpecM]

the driveshaft was designed with joints in it for a reason

[midnightslyr22]

upon inspection of a new csb i think someone needs to come up with a beffier setup for us. the stock csb seems to be a little flimsy imo

i remember what lukes csb look like after the mary's peak run a couple years ago

i fully agree with you my good sir. lets get Ireland engineering on the horn. we can start this persuasion by questioning Ireland engineering's manliness.

[E30Nova]

Hey Matt, how you gonna install that 1 piece driveshaft?

Dunno. It's been a while since I've been under my car, lol. Is there something in the way? I know the exhaust and driveshaft share the tunnel, but I still think it'd be worth a shot.

EDIT: Yeah, just took a look under my car (well I went to the rear bumper and took a look). Looks like a pretty straight shot with the exhaust underneath. I think a 1-piece driveshaft would fit no problem. *shrug*

Matt

[dashboardmonkey]

i the same exact issue happend to my car.
same symptoms and everything, didnt think much of it..
its off the road right now because of the snow so im not driving on it.
but i was installing the proper transmission cross-member ( the guy who i got it off of didnt finish the 5spd swap) and i noticed a rubber piece a little bit behind the transmission cross-member that seamed to support the shaft was torn and no supporting shit. and it all started to make sence.

upon inspection of a new csb i think someone needs to come up with a beffier setup for us. the stock csb seems to be a little flimsy imo

i remember what lukes csb look like after the mary's peak run a couple years ago