Is there anyway to bypass the Guibo

[jlevie]

Going through guibo's that fast makes me wonder it the is a drive train alignment problem. In particular if the engine and transmission is at an angle to the the front section of the drive shaft the guibo will be under flexing stress. Assuming a stock configuration, replacing the motor and transmission mounts may help.

[nando]

Pelican sells lots of "aftermarket" stuff. Generally the BMW part will cost a lot more and are often "special order".

I'd order one from somebody like blunttech that you know is getting it straight from BMW.

[NuthinFancy]

I've been buying the guibos from Pelican Parts, I kinda trust their BMW parts. Im not gonna lie though the last one I bought I got it from eBay :/ anyway im just gonna replace EVERYTHING under there .

[nando]

make sure it's realy a BMW guibo. believe it or not, there are fake ones out there, and the quality is much poorer.

I ended up with one that is definitely a fake; the rubber casting is really porous, the surface has a really odd texture to it, it has a giant "made in germany" spray painted stamp on it (that I've never seen on any real BMW parts) and the BMW serial #s and logos are scratched off the mold. I got it from a warehouse that was liquidating it's old BMW parts for about $5. I'm not going to use it.

there's no reason for you to be breaking multiple guibos. you aren't the first guy to drift an E30. installing it backwards could be a factor too (done that, it lasted only 160 miles before it totally shredded).

[Earendil]

Are you installing the guibo the right way? It's designed to take more twisting force in one direction than the other. If there is one early failure, this is usually it, somehow I doubt you installed 3 or however many guibos incorrectly that many times. But it's worth double checking.

[NuthinFancy]

Or maybe your U-joints are out of phase. As in the rear shaft may be a several splines out of alignment with the front.

I didn't think of this .... thanks.

[Quadrajet]

Or maybe your U-joints are out of phase. As in the rear shaft may be a several splines out of alignment with the front.

[Lof8]

Are you running a 24v swap? The first trans brace I was using had the rear of the trans sitting a little high. The Guibo was seeing excessive flex and wearing quickly.

[NuthinFancy]

Do you have crazy hp or something? A guibo should last a lot longer. Something has got to be wrong with your setup. I have an m50 car and i beat the piss out of it daily with no issues. I'm still running a guibo that was used prior to me intalling it 3+ years ago.

Actually the car does not have crazy HP a few mods but not crazy. I grabbed a driveshaft at the junk yard from a car with a blown motor and gonna see when the parts get here ill put them on new guibo, new ujoints, and CSB. Also ordering the poly one see how that goes but yea I wont know till I put the new parts on.

[bernzpeed]

Maybe it's not those two but your driveshaft is bent or unbalanced. Consider sourcing another driveshaft, swap it and see if that fixes the problem.

[dashboardmonkey]

Do you have crazy hp or something? A guibo should last a lot longer. Something has got to be wrong with your setup. I have an m50 car and i beat the piss out of it daily with no issues. I'm still running a guibo that was used prior to me intalling it 3+ years ago.

[aventari]

Is there a link maybe u can share?

https://www.revshift.com/shop/bmw/e30.php

[NuthinFancy]

Well I replaced the csb every time I replace the guibo so I would say about 7-8 months now. I replaced the u joints about a year ago now so im sure its not theM but I can feel the rumble under the car when I come out of dead stops im sure its the guibo.

[NuthinFancy]

Is there a link maybe u can share?

[Danny]

How are your ujoints and csb?