Steering Guibo FAIL!!>!>>!>!! VIDEO!!

[badvibrations]

Good point. How are we to solve this problem? Poly guibos or just replace the rubber one every so often?

or...

http://www.vorshlag.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_17_159&products_id=169

For only $105

[Burnera]

IANAEngineer (well I sort of am) but it seems to me that the steering guibo is there to be weaker than the universal joints that surround it, so that it wears instead of them... replacing it by a hard link will probably disintegrate them much faster.

I think this function is kind of secondary. My logic tells me it's there to filter out vibration and bumps to the steering wheel. BMW's are supposed to be comfort rides too, not bone smashing race cars.

[Dominic49]

I think this function is kind of secondary. My logic tells me it's there to filter out vibration and bumps to the steering wheel. BMW's are supposed to be comfort rides too, not bone smashing race cars.

vibration definitely seems first.

or...

http://www.vorshlag.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_17_159&products_id=169

For only $105

that is E36 only at the moment they are working on an e30 version though....

[M-technik-3]

that is E36 only at the moment they are working on an e30 version though....

Works with E30, E36 and E46 BMW steering racks.

This is a bolt-on steering U-joint is CNC machined from ChromeMoly Steel, and makes for a low profile needle bearing U-joint to allow precise steering inputs without the factory "Rag Joint". This is "made for off-road use".

[Philo]

I don't see how that would be any different than Dominic's setup. Just a solid link unless I missed a bushing somewhere in there.

[newman]

You need 2 of those DD shafts, so it's like 210 + the shaft...

[badvibrations]

that is E36 only at the moment they are working on an e30 version though....

Aroo?
From that page..."Works with E30, E36 and E46 BMW steering racks."

You need 2 of those DD shafts, so it's like 210 + the shaft...

Good Eye.

[psyber_0ptix]

hmmm..... maybe time for a steering quickner mod if replacing all the shafts and ujoints anyways?

[Burnera]

hmmm..... maybe time for a steering quickner mod if replacing all the shafts and ujoints anyways?

Just might actually be cheaper than hunting for a Z3 rack too.
It's pretty common for those gearbox quickeners to add some dead space in the steering wheel, but usually only like 5*. Still a lot less than the guibo adds in the OP video. :D

[lonestar22]

thats scary, that happening at the wrong time could be bad news

[CorvallisBMW]

Is this only an issue for guys not running PS?

[Jean]

I picked up a new guibo a few months back to make everything ready for the steering rack swap, but now I can't find the u-joint hardware haha.

I wonder if some of the dead play is from the stock guibo wear and not so much from the e30 rack itself...hmm.

[Adrian_Visser]

I've been pondering in my head whether or not to replace this piece when I do my Z3 rack swap for a while. I guess this is sufficient motivation to replace it.

[Aerton]

Rag Joint Guido

Old thread with some good advise, I'm about to do a rack swap going with an e36 M rack.

I have been reading about the Rack swap and have a couple of questions.

Do you guys recommend the Zionsville kit for $89 that includes the rag joint. Or should I go for the kit minus the rag joint and buy the urethane one from Ireland Engineering.

Let me know your thoughts, is the urethane one to much for street use?

http://store.nexternal.com/ireland/steering-coupler---urethane-p619.aspx

http://www.zionsvilleautosport.com/store/screen/prod/store_code/6134/product_code/RCMB.htm

[SkiFree]

The new E30 sized urethane mount is found here......

http://www.iemotorsport.com/bmw/E30-clutch-driveline/e30strcplr.html