Diff Clutch Replacement guide

#1

Courtesy Chuck Taylor (Factory3 Performance)E30_Limited_Slip_Clutch_Disc_Replacement.pdf (1.7 MB)

#2

Note that there might be an error in this guide. Chuck says that the 8mm socket cap bolts should be tightened to 10ftlbs. That seems low to me because 15-19ftlbs is more common for an 8mm bolt and these are fine thread and going into steel, not iron. Both reasons for the torque to be a teensy bit higher than what is common for a coarse thread bolt. Chuck also says no Locktite speced, but he chose to use it himself.

This source says 10ftlbs + 40deg and directs to use Locktite. The E36 Diff Thread

I just did 160inlbs (call it 13.3ftlbs) and used Locktite. I wish now I’d done it a bit tighter, but I can’t be bothered to pull the SOB apart for the 3rd time. I figure if the diff hung together for Chuck, it will hang together for me.