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#1. Q for you about rear shock mounts - from GSM M3
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Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 13:31:28 GMT From: "GSM M3" <carpediemm3@hotmail.com> Subject: Q for you about rear shock mounts Morning Chester, Hey, have you changed your rear shock mounts yet? If so, isn't this something I can do in the driveway w/ common tools? I'm no mechanic, but do know how to work the business end of a socket. Thanks, Greg ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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#2. Q for you about rear shock mount(s) installation - from GSM M3
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Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 13:38:22 GMT From: "GSM M3" <carpediemm3@hotmail.com> Subject: Q for you about rear shock mount(s) installation Morning Chester, Hey, have you changed your rear shock mounts yet? If so, isn't this something I can do in the driveway w/ common tools? I'm no mechanic, but do know how to work the business end of a socket. When I remove the lower shock bolts, do I need to worry about any type of recoil from the springs? If this is w/in the DIY'ers capabilities, who offers the best right-up for the removal & installation? Thanks, Greg ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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#3. Re: UUC front shifting arm bushings heads up revisited - from Rob Levinson - UUC Motorwerks
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Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 10:14:08 -0400 From: "Rob Levinson - UUC Motorwerks" <rob@shortshifter.com> Subject: Re: UUC front shifting arm bushings heads up revisited This is a *repeat* post - Ron, perhaps you missed it when you posted the same thing on the Welty Digest several weeks ago. It helps if you understand how the carrier assembly is made and how the bushings and pin fit and work in conjunction with each other rather than independently. The mounting pin diameter is exactly .391". The bushings are machined to ..393". This difference is deliberate and the reason is obvious once you know how the original BMW parts are made and the fitment tolerances and variances that can be encountered. The factory original carrier is cast aluminum. This casting done in two pieces, a left and right side. The two halves do not always line up exactly even (in fact, they rarely do in this part). If you were to machine the ID of the bushing to the same .391" as the pin, you would have trouble getting the pin on and cursing like a drunken sailor. If you were to machine it to .392", you could fit the pin through both bushings... but you would have a very difficult time getting it to fit in the carrier. The uneven halves of the carrier do not let our precisely machined bushings line up so the pin could pass through. That's why we now machine them to exactly .393". Occassionally we have to custom-modify a set of bushings because of a greater variance in the carrier casting. Previously, and apparently these are the sets you are measuring, we were deliberately machining them larger to make installation easier. We have since gone back to the .393" ID as we originally had and allow those people with dramatically uneven carrier halves to file out the bushing if the variance of the carrier is so great as to not allow assembly. The pictures on your web site are not representative of current production parts. Even with these tolerances, everything does stay much tighter than the factory rubber bushing which allows up to 13 degrees of rotation in either direction. The machined UUC delrin bushings, even with this necessary ..001" allowance, still do an excellent job of preventing the carrier from moving like the factory bushing. I hope this clears things up. Regards, - - Rob Levinson UUC Motorwerks * www.uucmotorwerks.com * 732-398-0001 > Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 05:37:09 EDT > From: RonStygar@aol.com > Subject: UUC front shifting arm bushings heads up revisited > > I recently purchased a set of the UUC oval bushings for my '00 M coupe. > Based on what I received, the initial warning continues. > If you order a set of their bushings, measure them before you take your car > apart. > A sloppy bushing to eliminate slop doesn't make sense to me.
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#4. Re: [E36M3] Brake Flush - from Rich Gay
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Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 09:43:07 -0500 From: "Rich Gay" <rich_gay@linbeck.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Brake Flush on 7/5/00 1:16 AM, John at m3john@yahoo.com wrote: > I have never flush my brake before so this may seem to > be a simple > answer. Is it possible for the dealer to bleed and > flush your brake > without taking off the wheels? For the shade tree > mechanic, we have to > remove the wheels right? But with the dealers and a > lift, is it the > same? Yes, with a lift, one is able to bleed the brakes without removing the wheels. I've done it a few times at the track with no lift, although it is almost more trouble than just jacking and taking the wheel off. - Rich
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#5. Kumho track pressure - from vincent.a.leo@us.arthurandersen.com
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Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 11:06:10 -0500 From: vincent.a.leo@us.arthurandersen.com Subject: Kumho track pressure Well, I finally corded the G-Forces and I just have received a set of Kumho R compounds from the Tirerack (225/45/17). This is the first time I will be running the Kumhos at the track and was curious what people have been using for cold and hot tire pressure in a 99 M3? Any thoughts? Vince 99 M3 *******************Internet Email Confidentiality Footer******************* Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my firm shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.
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#6. Re: [E36M3] UUC front shifting arm bushings heads up revisited - from nabli@attglobal.net
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Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 12:41:23 -0400 From: nabli@attglobal.net Subject: Re: [E36M3] UUC front shifting arm bushings heads up revisited Ron, Ok, you peaked my ("our") curiosity. What was the variance - both I.D. and O.D. Cheers, Jim E. RonStygar@aol.com wrote: > Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 05:37:09 EDT > From: RonStygar@aol.com > Subject: UUC front shifting arm bushings heads up revisited > > I recently purchased a set of the UUC oval bushings for my '00 M coupe. > Based on what I received, the initial warning continues. > If you order a set of their bushings, measure them before you take your car > apart. > A sloppy bushing to eliminate slop doesn't make sense to me. > > Ron@unofficialbmw.com FLY BMW Marlborough, CT > www.unofficialbmw.com/ronstygar.html > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > *************************************************************
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#7. Re: [E36M3] Moving to Boston - from Ken Robb
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Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 10:00:03 -0700 From: Ken Robb <kenrobb@willisallen.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Moving to Boston Boston is the home of BMWCCA and a very active chapter so go to their home page and get hooked up w/local club activities and members. HYPERM3@aol.com wrote: > Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 15:29:53 EDT > From: HYPERM3@aol.com > Subject: Moving to Boston > > Hey all, > I was wondering if some of you might be able to help me. Im moving to > Brookline right outside of Boston this weekend. If anyone has any info on > places for parts, good dealerships, car washes, where to cruise, racetracks, > auto-X's I would really appreciate it. > Thanks in advance, > Alex "HyperM3" Demsky > 97 supercharged M3 > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > ************************************************************* -- ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/
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#8. Re: [E36M3] anyone got pix of black e36 with LTW decals? - from nabli@attglobal.net
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Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 13:10:52 -0400 From: nabli@attglobal.net Subject: Re: [E36M3] anyone got pix of black e36 with LTW decals? Jay, Sorry it's not black but it is a dark color: http://www.bmwmpower.com/Gallery/nabli.htm I've seen them on a black ti and thought it looked excellent! Cheers, Jim E. jay wrote: > Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 15:21:17 -1000 > From: jay <jguzman@hawaii.edu> > Subject: anyone got pix of black e36 with LTW decals? > > does anyone have pix or links of a black E36 with the BMW motorsport flag decals like the > one on the M3 LTW??? thanx in advance! > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > *************************************************************
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#9. Re: [E36M3] Recommendations for Repairs in SF? - from Ken Robb
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Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 10:06:11 -0700 From: Ken Robb <kenrobb@willisallen.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Recommendations for Repairs in SF? Billy Maher in Santa Rosa is great and a fine racer/instructor. 707-545-0820, and Billy Arnold is also highly regarded but I don't have his #. Ken Robb Peter Guagenti wrote: > Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 14:58:52 -0700 > From: Peter Guagenti <peter@guagenti.com> > Subject: Recommendations for Repairs in SF? > > Can anyone recommend a good independent German mechanic in the SF > area? I'm having some weird fuel system issues with an older car and > want someone reliable and trustworthy to take the car to. Open on > Saturdays is a _big_ plus. > > Any reco's are greatly appreciated. > > Thanks! > > -peterg > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > ************************************************************* -- ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/
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#10. Re: Recommendations for Repairs in SF? - from Gleb Arshinov
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Date: 05 Jul 2000 10:12:42 -0700 From: Gleb Arshinov <gleb@barsook.com> Subject: Re: Recommendations for Repairs in SF? >>>>> "Peter" == Peter Guagenti <peter@guagenti.com> writes: Peter> Can anyone recommend a good independent German mechanic in Peter> the SF area? I'm having some weird fuel system issues with Peter> an older car and want someone reliable and trustworthy to Peter> take the car to. Open on Saturdays is a _big_ plus. Phaedrus (415) 567-8000, open Saturdays. Gleb