what were they thinking ...

#1

I had noticed a rthymic growling noise in the driveline in my car that I’m building. Yesterday I got to pulling the driveshaft. I knew the flex disk was toast but the interesting stuff happened when I got to the center bearing. The PO had put the wrong center bearing on it and had to notch the mounting holes to do it. This put the bearing off center and likely contributed to its early demise. Who would do something like this with a relatively cheap part, in a mechanically demanding place???

Yes, virtually the whole car is being pulled apart and rebuilt … you don’t want to see the goop that I found inside the calipers … :unsure:
cheers,
bruce

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Post edited by: leggwork, at: 2006/04/29 23:32

#2

this is a good reason to know your build date. The early cars have a different bearing and guibo from the later cars

#3

What were they thinking?

They wuzzent thinking…

As a dealer in used BMW parts you would not believe the # of people who call or stop by and do not know what year, model, car they own. They ask me about a part that their cousin said they needed ( used oxegen sensor!) and when I ask what model they say "well, I think it is an 1984 but it may be a 1986". They can never identify the model, or what type of motor is in the car. Then when the part is not correct, it is my fault. That is why I never answer the phone anymore and keep my door locked.

Also the rigs on scrap cars that come in are unbelieveable. I had a 5 series that had 23 welds on the exhast system. .99$ cheap plastic fuel filters are the norm on early motronic cars. Air boots constructed completely out of duct tape. I think Rigmaster had a car once where instead of replacing the alternator bushings the owner drilled and screwed a sheet metal screw into the alt and strapped it to the motor! Brake disc’s so thin and wavy they looked like a potato chip etc, etc…

Buy the best car you can find to start with!

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