NOR-CAL General Chat.

[Cabriolet]

yeah! got my new drilled rotor and pads on all 4's this weekend. Pretty easy except for rear rotor were stuck to e-brake pads. Bently says just use a screw driver to turn clip but yet they don't show where it is or what it looks like so I spent an hour trying to look thru a lug hole for somewhere to put a fucking screwdriver. Weird cuz I didn't have to do this on my M3, but figured it out.

Release the hand brake!
^ ask me how i know.
there is an adjustable expanding nut at the top of the pads you can adjust the size there and also. There are 2 10mm nuts you need to loosen on those cable. that will give you all the adjustment you will need.

[Thizzelle]

yeah the hand brake was released. bently said to look for a clip but I found a star wheel type nut and loosed that. It's all done now. took about 4 hours with about an hour of figuring that out and lunch break.

[M3 Ryan]

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[Vivek]

hi guys.

I had a dream last night that I went to a junkyard that was in an underground parking garage with this guy that bought my dad's old honda and we found your car there with a modded m50 sitting in the passenger footwell, along with a neon green diff, so we picked it up (just carried it) to the cashier and they charged us $4/cylinder, so I got an awesome engine for $24 bucks. But my dad was there and he was super pissed at me for some reason. The engine was also from 1980 (not sure how I knew that though).

[Cabriolet]

took about 3 hours

dude, way way too long. should have been 45min with pad for all 4.

[Thizzelle]

Got to remember this is all hand tools no power tools. first I have to jack up car and put on stands, then take all wheels off that's about 30 mins. Then 30mins to read about torques and the rear rotor e-brake pad release. then 1 hour dicking around with it so there's 2 hours right there. so actual work was about 2 hours or 30 mins a corner. also included clean up. Also inspected suspension stuff, bushings, control arms, etc., found out I need to get new brake lines for the front so SS it is in the future.

[Cabriolet]

I should have been more supportive, sorry. GJ tackling it yourself. make sure the caliper bolts were loctite-ed and tightened very well, ive thrown one and i have other friends that have thrown them, really is scary when it happens.

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the e30-god is having a party! woohoo!!!

[Rsully70sev]

what dude come on they're like 6 nuts each. nuts off, bar off, new bar in, nuts on, done.

I wish it were that simple. I still need reinforcement tabs welded in, etc.

Ive removed sway bars before. The front is definitely easier than the rear. Both are doable without a shop. Let me browse for the links that i used.

That would be cool man, thank you.

i cant tell you how many times my sways have come off, really straight forward.

I'd think so, but there's specifics like jacking up the rear end to preload the front sways and get them seated, welding reinforcements, etc.

[Thizzelle]

if you do shit right it usually takes time, welding etc.

[YosemiteSam]

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Someday I will have the money and time to drive out to one of these.

[mbonanni]

Wheels are expensive, shit sucks

[ohthejosh]

I had a dream last night that I went to a junkyard that was in an underground parking garage with this guy that bought my dad's old honda and we found your car there with a modded m50 sitting in the passenger footwell, along with a neon green diff, so we picked it up (just carried it) to the cashier and they charged us $4/cylinder, so I got an awesome engine for $24 bucks. But my dad was there and he was super pissed at me for some reason. The engine was also from 1980 (not sure how I knew that though).

LOL my jalopy definitely looks like a junkyard car. But that M50 is uncharacteristic of it at this time haha

[Vivek]

Do you guys have any tips on getting lollipops off? I'm trying to make a few bucks with silence, and there are easily 4 e30's with lollipops at my local pnp, but they're a bitch to get off. I managed to rip one off, but the other two that I tried took forever and I eventually gave up.

[mbonanni]

4 e30's?

Are any of them manual? You should try and see if one has that hose I need.

[kronus]

Gear puller.