my E30 story
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I didn't mark mine when I dropped my diff, pulled the 2nd drive shaft out with the diff, threw it back on. It's still fine. Just some insight.
You got lucky. Snap is right. It can cause some serious vibration if not assembled right. They balance driveshaft assemblies for a reason=)
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ok i actually see now. ill try again today after school. you guys are a big help.
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I e decided to go into an intense study today, and when I say study I mean I'm watching too gear.
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I got the old diff out. I'm getting the second diff all cleaned and buttoned up.
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It was welded on Saturday. I just was having a hard time pulling the diff and top gear distracted me.
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I might, my buddy from Madison is coming down to check out the my car, and I might put the diff in. I'm sure we can swing by.
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His name is Kevin. We got the diff in and I accidentally took it off road haha. It's weird because it feels tough at certain points and easy at other. Is that how a welded diff? Or is my powers stealing going out?
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PS belt could be slipping, pump could be failing, PS. reservoir could be low on fluid and have air in the system.
You can diagnose this easily by removing the PS belt and taking a short drive. I cant remember which belt drives the water pump, whether its the PS belt or alternator belt, but if its the PS belt, make sure the drive is REALLY short, like just up and down the driveway when the engine is cold.
I have no experience with a welded diff but i would have to imagine it would be a lot like riding an ATV on the street where low speed turning is difficult.
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disconnect all bolts from diff, put something soft to catch the diff, shake it angrily until it falls.
this reminds me of a funny story: some guy on r3v setup a webcam so he could chat and have people watch as he worked on his e30, it was pretty fun. so we could hear and watch him, and just type stuff into the chat window. he would ask questions and we would help him since he was new to e30s. anyways, one day he is working on dropping the diff and having trouble getting it to drop. so he comes and chats in the room and we all tell him how to wiggle it out. well, he goes back under the car and starts working. he gets a jack into position to lower it, and is shifting it around. of course, it was obvious he was going to drop it and everyone was typing 'oh shit get ready, this is going to be funny' and sure enough it fell off the jack and smashed his arm, and everyone is rolling.
Dan
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disconnect all bolts from diff, put something soft to catch the diff, shake it angrily until it falls.
this reminds me of a funny story: some guy on r3v setup a webcam so he could chat and have people watch as he worked on his e30, it was pretty fun. so we could hear and watch him, and just type stuff into the chat window. he would ask questions and we would help him since he was new to e30s. anyways, one day he is working on dropping the diff and having trouble getting it to drop. so he comes and chats in the room and we all tell him how to wiggle it out. well, he goes back under the car and starts working. he gets a jack into position to lower it, and is shifting it around. of course, it was obvious he was going to drop it and everyone was typing 'oh shit get ready, this is going to be funny' and sure enough it fell off the jack and smashed his arm, and everyone is rolling.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha i got it out and im glad i had a friend help me get it back in.
as you can see, it got a little out of hand when i got done.
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update:
i got jakes old exhaust last night and i decided to see if i can hang it today. i got the exhaust welded back up and was ready to weld the new exhaust to the existing pipe. when i went to go clean the existing pipe with a wire brush, the O2 wire came un tucked and it wraped around the wire wheel. the O2 got ripped out and it was destroyed. i will now have to order a new O2 and put that back in. i did however, learn to weld half way decent today.
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