Driveshaft installation problem! (pictures)

[CoelhoSport]

as for your pedal the non airbag pedals can fit on a airbag car but all u need to do is loosen the nut on the end of the bolt that goes horizontally to hold the auto brake pedas in and replace the bolt with the longer one from a manual non airbag car then throw ur clutch pedal and smaller brake pedal on the bolt only things being changed is the bolt and the brake and clutch pedal! good luck i did this to mine and it works perfect

[mother_russia]

Post a picture of the middle section of the drive shaft. The part of interest is just aft of the center support bearing.

So I figured it out. The driveshaft that I had was for a e30, but not for the 325i. It was a 318 driveshaft, and that's why it didn't fit. Upon reading your post about e36 driveshafts fitting, some guy was selling one locally and I decided to buy it. Well, it didn't fit either. That's probably because its for the e36 m3, not the base model haha. So then I found a guy selling a e30 325i driveshaft from Portland, OR(2 hours away) and drove there to buy it.
Never thought finding the right driveshaft would be this big of a pain in the ass.

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[jlevie]

my car is a 1990 325i sedan. I'm not sure what car this driveshaft came from. All i know is that it has a small flange.

Post a picture of the middle section of the drive shaft. The part of interest is just aft of the center support bearing.

[Cyrix2k]

It looks like it's the right driveshaft. both sides bolt right up, its just that the length is too long....

if it's too long, it's either hyperextended or the wrong driveshaft.

[mother_russia]

It looks like it's the right driveshaft. both sides bolt right up, its just that the length is too long....

[Cyrix2k]

Get the right driveshaft? I believe an e36 driveshaft will fit your car.

[mother_russia]

Answer this question - what car is the driveshaft from? Year, model, and manual/auto?

my car is a 1990 325i sedan. I'm not sure what car this driveshaft came from. All i know is that it has a small flange.

[Cyrix2k]

Answer this question - what car is the driveshaft from? Year, model, and manual/auto?

[mother_russia]

One of the things that we did though, was leave the half of the driveshaft that connects to the rear diff in place. The car was originally automatic. We never took it out, since they look exactly the same as the manual rear half of the driveshaft. All we did was swap out the front half of the driveshaft, thaf connects to the tranny. Could that be the problem?

[jlevie]

Loosen the collar nut and push the front half of the drive shaft into the rear half. If those parts don't slide easily, you may have to separate the halves and clean the splines. But before separating the drive shaft make sure the paint marks are visible so you can put the halves back together correctly.

[mother_russia]

Is the drive fully collapsed? If it is none of the splines will be visible.

What do you mean fully collapsed? I think so....


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[jlevie]

Is the drive fully collapsed? If it is none of the splines will be visible.

[mother_russia]

Ok, I didn't realize you had an airbag car.

The easiest way to do it (and the way I did my old 90 sedan) is leave the bracket in place and only swap the actual pedals. The airbag pedal box has the bolt provisions for the clutch master cylinder even on automatic cars. You can even use those pedals you have, you'll have no clutch return spring though. I never had one on mine and it felt 100% perfect.

I didn't know if I would need the clutch return spring, so I just cut out the bracket, and welded it onto the pedal set that had the bracket missing haha. Just wanted to be on the safe side. Worked just fine.

But now I have two problems.
1. No spark(http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=252944)
2. Still can't figure out what's wrong with the driveshaft... I'm gonna re-edit the original post and try to see if I can get some help..

[MR 325]

So which pedal set do I need? I got a 1990 325i sedan. Do I need the early or the late modelp pedals? How do I know if theyre the airbag or non airbag pedals?

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Ok, I didn't realize you had an airbag car.

The easiest way to do it (and the way I did my old 90 sedan) is leave the bracket in place and only swap the actual pedals. The airbag pedal box has the bolt provisions for the clutch master cylinder even on automatic cars. You can even use those pedals you have, you'll have no clutch return spring though. I never had one on mine and it felt 100% perfect.

[mother_russia]

I just got off the phone with the dealer, and he gave me the part numbers for the pedal sets. He said that if the part number ends in 720, its the airbag pedals, and if it ends with 719, its the nonairbag pedals.
So if I have, let's say the 719 pedals and they don't fit, then the 720s should fit?

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