Rear axle stuck?

[Holland]

Ok, I'm in a bit of a mess here. I have an early 318i, rear disc brake conversion, LSD, the whole lot. I recently got a set of ABS rear axles, and not only am I having difficulty getting them in, but now the ABS gear is stuck against the trailing arm housing and the axle and hub won't spin. Trailing arms I am quite sure are from an ABS car as well. My non ABS axles fit in the housings fine, but also were a PITA to install. I cleaned the splines and used some trans grease and they still took quite a beating to get in. I did notice on my non ABS axles, there were dust rings that the ABS didn't have. Do these also act possibly as a spacer? I checked for pn's but found nothing.

Also if anyone has the actual pn for a 188 rear end dog ear plate let me know. :)

[Holland]

Bumpski.

[jlevie]

The ABS ring binding on the housing makes me suspect that you don't have ABS trailing arms. Is the ABS sensor hole present in the hub of the trailing arm?

[Holland]

My car is stuck at the shop at the moment (work at a dealership) but I will check on that. Worse case scenario, if I don't have ABS arms then I could machine the gears down correct?

[jlevie]

I don't know if there are any other differences in the ABS & non-ABS half shafts. So I can't say whether just maching off the sector wheels would work. If it were me, I'd get the correct half shafts.

[2002maniac]

I believe the selector wheel is pressed on. You should be able to press it off.

[Holland]

The ABS ring I found out is separate. The axles should work now. I am using 6cyl axles for the uprated durability.