NOR-CAL General Chat.

[Pantless Spency]

Has anyone heard of a "break in" time for the centersupport bearing..? My friend said his was the same deal, but after about 100 miles it went away. Seems legit.. 60 miles driven today and I just got home from another drive and it doesn't seem to be as bad as it was this morning (not much more of the "wooshing" noise either, but I'd have to wait til it's colds again to see if it still sounds irregular)

how difficult was the CSB?
i need to do some serious work to the e21 driveline and im probably gonna geta anew scb, guibo, diff and tranny mount, half shaft sleeves, diff bushing and bearings, universal joint, pretty much the whole nine yards....

[Pantless Spency]

:rofl:
Spence.. You always make me laugh somehow... :-D
It wasn't that funny, but I think I just love seeing Flapjack every time you post

my thoughts exactly, but everyone's got different tastes and such. I was just trying to be nice about it ;)

lol i try ;)
and my photo was referring to your use of the vocabulary word "rim", i think you ment wheel ;D

[cmybimmer]

blehhh midterms suck.. Too much studying :hitler:

[mbonanni]

i hate today.

Tell me about it.... Went to get a fitted for a tux and when she asked me my waist size I told the lady 34. She measured and said, you're more like a 38...

Good news is she was measuring where my pants where (I was sagging a little) and thats why it was wider. Or at least that is what I am telling myself.

Never once have I had to go about a 34 in size for shorts or pants..

Prom.. wooo. lol

[Pantless Spency]

Tell me about it.... Went to get a fitted for a tux and when she asked me my waist size I told the lady 34. She measured and said, you're more like a 38...

Good news is she was measuring where my pants where (I was sagging a little) and thats why it was wider. Or at least that is what I am telling myself.

Never once have I had to go about a 34 in size for shorts or pants..

Prom.. wooo. lol

man i miss being a size 30 :(
and i miss being 130lbs.... shit.

[mbonanni]

lol i try ;)
and my photo was referring to your use of the vocabulary word "rim", i think you ment wheel ;D

So those are not rims? What the hell is a rim then?

When I google search "rim" a bunch of "wheels" come up.....

I always thought of it as rim is the metal, tires are the rubber, wheel is both together, mounted.

lol

[mbonanni]

shit size 30 was elementary school for me. midle school I got to 34 and never really grew. I got taller. I am 6'3" ish and like 230 lbs.. yikes.

I was a mucho chubby kid. lol

[JinormusJ]

Rim...? :rofl:
Caught red handed lol.. Been spending too much time in the hood?
Just a clerical update: "Wheels" are the appropriate name for the metal as a whole. "Rims" are the dishes that come on 3-piece wheels. However, rappers used the word "rim" to express the entire wheel so much that it became a widely used slang word. True car enthusiasts still hold true to calling them "wheels" however, I let one slip on accident lol

how difficult was the CSB?
i need to do some serious work to the e21 driveline and im probably gonna geta anew scb, guibo, diff and tranny mount, half shaft sleeves, diff bushing and bearings, universal joint, pretty much the whole nine yards....

Not that hard honestly.
If your buying a new CSB, getting the old one off is easy, and if you have a vice and some metal piping, "pressing" a new one on is easy. Not all too familiar with the e21s, but if theyre anything like e30s, it'd be cake. The only hard part is getting the exhaust off, the rest is a few nuts and bolts and everything is off. Your better off getting a "new" used driveshaft if you wanna fix your u-joint as BMW designed their driveshafts to where if you take the u-joint apart, you essentially can't put it back together. If yours is binding (like mine was like CRAZY), take some carberator cleaner and soak the joint in it. It cleaned mine right up and freed up my binding issue to the point it was pretty much good as new


195lbs and size 32 FTW
Meat head for life :mrgreen:

[Pantless Spency]

So those are not rims? What the hell is a rim then?

When I google search "rim" a bunch of "wheels" come up.....

I always thought of it as rim is the metal, tires are the rubber, wheel is both together, mounted.

lol

lol the whole wheel is metal dingle berry!!!
the rim is the outer portion, exactly like a basketball rim.
so when people say rims i just imagine this on a car.

or maybe just this, these are pretty much technically rims



but mostly just this hoodrat stouf




and it annoys me.

[Pantless Spency]

Rim...? :rofl:
Caught red handed lol.. Been spending too much time in the hood

Not that hard honestly.
If your buying a new CSB, getting the old one off is easy, and if you have a vice and some metal piping, "pressing" a new one on is easy. Not all too familiar with the e21s, but if theyre anything like e30s, it'd be cake. The only hard part is getting the exhaust off, the rest is a few nuts and bolts and everything is off. Your better off getting a "new" used driveshaft if you wanna fix your u-joint as BMW designed their driveshafts to where if you take the u-joint apart, you essentially can't put it back together. If yours is binding (like mine was like CRAZY), take some carberator cleaner and soak the joint in it. It cleaned mine right up and freed up my binding issue to the point it was pretty much good as new

hmm...
well it always had a "knocking" noise from the rear end/drive line/trans tunnel... but it was minor, more recently its absolutely horrible. i have stopped driving it since because it shakes the car so damn violently.

[mbonanni]

So Lips = Rims.

gotcha

What is the clear prt on that.. idk rim? I'd call is a wheel but w.e

[Vivek]

Just never say "rim" on r3v.

[Pantless Spency]

So Lips = Rims.

gotcha

if you wanna get super technical yes.
but after i figured this out its annoying how many people say rims so i just give up on trying to enlighten people (at least in person lol)

[JinormusJ]

hmm...
well it always had a "knocking" noise from the rear end/drive line/trans tunnel... but it was minor, more recently its absolutely horrible. i have stopped driving it since because it shakes the car so damn violently.

On my first commute this morning I felt like my sports eat turned into a massage chair. Now it's not so bad, but it's still very minor, but nothing close to what it was earlier today

[mbonanni]

I can say what I want.

This site back up my logic..

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-rims-and-wheels.htm

But whatever.
I think you guys just forget I'm from da hood



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