Jacksonville, FL E30 fam?

[bowtie2bimmer]

Wow... thats pretty bad. I'd never go there again. I've had great service at A1A used Auto parts in St Augustine

[Poorboyz]

Dude that sucks! I would have demanded a refund and bounced

I tried to get a refund, the owner/manager told me to fuck off and leave.

[bowtie2bimmer]

Dude that sucks! I would have demanded a refund and bounced

[Poorboyz]

Just a FYI to everyone here in Jax. I went to Ace-Pick-A-Part today for their all you can carry for $59.99. Well, I ended up paying $112, asked for a refund and was told to leave after being cussed at by owner/manager.

[Don Stevens]

Nov 1 meet - If you want to do a cool parade, are willing to drive a little while, and see some cool E30s racing, the NASA folks are going to be racing at Daytona that weekend. I hear that there will be 20+ Spec E30s there. It would be cool for you guys to show up in a parade.

I would normally be there but I'll be out of town that weekend.

Don

[Old city bimmer]

I'm up in savannah for the weekend so I won't make it.


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[bowtie2bimmer]

Not I. I keep wanting to but always forget

[kwill22]

Anybody going to cars and coffee tomorrow?

[walktheboard]

Yeah I made sure the side went together the same way they came apart. No I did not do the pretentioning procedure, I'll line it up with some string to ensure that it is straight from diff flange to trans flange when I get back in town
Thanks for the advice!

[kwill22]

When you replace the CSB you have to separate the 2 halves of the driveshaft by unscrewing the big collar nut. You're supposed to mark both sides of the driveshaft so you know exactly how it went together so it stays balanced.

As far as pretentioning the CSB. When you bolt it up some people thought that you should slide it forward so that there is tension on the bushing when you tightened it instead of just positioning it normally without any tension.

[andrewm]

the CSB's fail a lot, I always just spin the driveshaft a few times while it's connected before tightening the CSB down.

[walktheboard]

The csb and guibo were replaced along with the driveshaft. I'm not sure what y'all mean by pretentioning and how to insure it stays properly balanced during install? I hope I haven't messed the new(ish) shaft up.. But it will be nice to know what is causing this

[kwill22]

I second CSB. You didn't install it with tension on the bushing did you? I know that pretentioning the csb was floating around for whatever reason. That'll wear it out prematurely much like bolting up the guibo the wrong way. Made sure driveshaft was put together perfectly so it stayed balanced when you installed it?

[Silver Wagon]

i should be down for the cruse.
man my weekends are filling up for the next month.

[andrewm]

Sounds like the center support bearing could be failing you, very common on our cars. Symptons dont sound right for the u joints.

Additionally, I am selling my 1987 ETA

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