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#1. [E36M3] Track pad/brake questions - from Jay W. Hudson
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 06:56:31 -0700 From: "Jay W. Hudson" <jwhud@budget.net> Subject: [E36M3] Track pad/brake questions Group- Yestreday, I swapped out my track pads from my last DE and replaced my rear rotors. I run Porterfield R4 pads at the track. Front rotors are Euro floaters. I have a couple of questions. The right front pad set was worn considerably more than the left. RF at 6mm remaining, LF at 9mm remaining. Track was CCW. Do the pads wear more on one side like the tires do? Is this normal? Thoughts? The other thing I noticed is that the rear caliper pistons compress much easier than the fronts. Is this normal? Thanks - Jay
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#2. RE: Rear shock tower - from Chamberlain, Jesse
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:06:47 -0400 From: "Chamberlain, Jesse" <jchamb06@harris.com> Subject: RE: Rear shock tower I have the same problem on my 99 M3. I noticed it 2 weeks ago while changing my Rear shock mounts @ 46K miles. Mine was only cracked, so its not too bad. I got a quote of about 300 dollars per side to get the rear shock tower sheet metal replaced, new undercoating and some new paint on the underside of the wheel well. New Rear shock tower sheet metal from the dealer is only 14 dollars per side. Its mostly all labor. I am going to do most of the prep and labor myself, have a welder come out and weld in the new piece, and then I will paint and undercoat the area myself. It costs me about 50 dollars an hour for the welder to come out to my garage, and it might take the guy about 10 minutes per side to weld in the part. If your interested, here are the BMW part numbers for the rear shock tower sheet metal: Left side: 41 14 8 169 027 Right side: 41 14 8 169 028 From what I've been told, this seems to happen mostly to 98 and 99 M3s. My 93 325i with 151K miles on it (80K with M3 suspension, Bilsteins and H&Rs) has no cracking what-so-ever. Hope this helps. Jesse Chamberlain -99 Imola Red M3 -93 Alpine White 325i -------------------- 10 -------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 08:31:57 -0500 From: "Robert Exconde" <99e36m3@exconde.com> Subject: Rear shock tower Greetings, Going to work today, I found the slight rattle that I thought was a loose speaker, turned into a rough banging noise. I got to work I found that the rear shock tower was torn. Basic question ... What do I do? Who to take it to in the Chicagoland area? I know I cant drive it, so I'll have to tow it; just need to know where Does anyone know what it costs to weld/fix the tower? I know its a known to happen on the E36. I live in the chicago land area, but work in Lake Forest. Robert 847-638-1539
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#3. Re: GC Shim Question - from Neil Maller
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 09:16:19 -0500 From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> Subject: Re: GC Shim Question on 4/12/04 8:45 AM, "Murray Roblin" <murray@farleyroblin.com> wrote: > How do the Ground control RTAB shims fit? Concave to > carrier/convex to RTAB Yes. Neil 96 M3
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#4. Re: Roundels for Sale - from Burgess, Kim L
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 09:18:29 -0700 From: "Burgess, Kim L" <kim.l.burgess@boeing.com> Subject: Re: Roundels for Sale "I gave away like 2-3yrs (?) worth of back issues for free to a list member sometimes ago. That's like recycling right? :-)" That's _better_ than recycling! Re-use is always a better choice! Little or no natural resource is 'spent' in re-using a product. What I found interesting was the attempt to 'profit' from the sale of a free publication (included with membership) mailed to a member of a national 'non-profit'. KLBurgess - long time tree hugging dino burner
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#5. Re: [E36M3] Rear shock tower - from Mark Dadgar
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:22:43 -0700 From: Mark Dadgar <mark@pdc-racing.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Rear shock tower On Apr 12, 2004, at 6:35 AM, Robert Exconde wrote: > Going to work today, I found the slight rattle that I thought was a > loose > speaker, turned into a rough banging noise. I got to work I found that > the > rear shock tower was torn. Basic question ... What do I do? Who to > take it > to in the Chicagoland area? I know I cant drive it, so I'll have to > tow it; > just need to know where > > Does anyone know what it costs to weld/fix the tower? I know its a > known to > happen on the E36. http://www.tcdesignfab.com/E36%20Rear%20Shock%20Tower.htm - Mark
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#6. RE: [E36M3] GC Shim Question - THANKS! - from Murray Roblin
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:12:16 -0700 From: "Murray Roblin" <murray@farleyroblin.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] GC Shim Question - THANKS! Thanks for all the replies. Regards, Murray > -----Original Message----- > From: David Ngo [mailto:rudngo@yahoo.com] > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 1:29 PM > To: Murray Roblin; E36M3 > Subject: Re: [E36M3] GC Shim Question > > > Concave to carrier, flat side to RTAB. (Otherwise, I > got mine wrong last week. ;-) ) > > Dave > > --- Murray Roblin <murray@farleyroblin.com> wrote: > > Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 11:38:07 -0700 > > From: "Murray Roblin" <murray@farleyroblin.com> > > Subject: GC Shim Question > > > > How do the Ground control RTAB shims fit? Concave to > carrier/convex to > > RTAB or vice-versa? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Murray >
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#7. Head stud outcome -- not good - from KLchmn@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:39:37 EDT From: KLchmn@aol.com Subject: Head stud outcome -- not good Well, I talked to the customer service guy at RaceWare and he believes that the stud that broke was overtorqued and it was an installation mistake. No offer of replacement stud or anything, just a strong message that essentially says: you screwed up. That's all well and good, but I'm curious how much over the 42 ft-lbs I'd have to go to break a 190,000 psi tensile strength bolt. Anyone have that info at hand? I offered to send the bolt back to them and he said that'd be fine but it'd cost over $300 to do the testing on it (implying that I should pay for it!). I declined to send it back. I thought they'd want to make sure everything was ok on that batch of bolts. I guess I'm the first soul who has ever broken on of their studs so it can't be the product. Maybe it's my good luck... Anyway, thought you all should know the outcome. Now I have to decide what to do for head bolts/studs and the head gasket... Cheers, Kirk Lachman Sin City Chapter '95 M3 paperweight
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#8. Re: [E36M3] Head stud outcome -- not good - from DocWyte
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:48:19 -0700 (PDT) From: DocWyte <josh_wyte@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Head stud outcome -- not good Wow, that stinks! You aren't the first person I've heard that's had problems with Raceware. Just wondering, but why'd you decide to go with studs in the first place? How'd you decide on Raceware vs ARP or some other company? -josh --- KLchmn@aol.com wrote: > Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:39:37 EDT > From: KLchmn@aol.com > Subject: Head stud outcome -- not good > > Well, I talked to the customer service guy at > RaceWare and he believes that > the stud that broke was overtorqued and it was an > installation mistake. No > offer of replacement stud or anything, just a strong > message that essentially > says: you screwed up. > > That's all well and good, but I'm curious how much > over the 42 ft-lbs I'd > have to go to break a 190,000 psi tensile strength > bolt. Anyone have that info > at hand? > > I offered to send the bolt back to them and he said > that'd be fine but it'd > cost over $300 to do the testing on it (implying > that I should pay for it!). I > declined to send it back. I thought they'd want to > make sure everything was > ok on that batch of bolts. > > I guess I'm the first soul who has ever broken on of > their studs so it can't > be the product. Maybe it's my good luck... > > Anyway, thought you all should know the outcome. > Now I have to decide what > to do for head bolts/studs and the head gasket... > > Cheers, > > Kirk Lachman > Sin City Chapter > '95 M3 paperweight > ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
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#9. Head Bolt - from Jim Powell
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:55:07 -0700 From: "Jim Powell" <jsp98m3@apexcone.com> Subject: Head Bolt Kirk said: "That's all well and good, but I'm curious how much over the 42 ft-lbs I'd have to go to break a 190,000 psi tensile strength bolt. Anyone have that info at hand?" Hi Kirk, I have no idea, but you shuold have some pretty nifty cracks in your aluminum head before you get there...... I'm betting they either got some counterfeit bolts or the heat treating was screwed up. Either way, nice of them to stand behind the product. Say "hi" to the lovely Mrs. Lachman for me. Jim
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#10. Re: [E36M3] Head stud outcome -- not good - from KLchmn@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:58:10 EDT From: KLchmn@aol.com Subject: Re: [E36M3] Head stud outcome -- not good In a message dated 4/12/2004 11:48:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time, josh_wyte@yahoo.com writes: Wow, that stinks! You aren't the first person I've heard that's had problems with Raceware. That's what they indicated to me. Remember, it wasn't just one problem, but rather two with the mis-sized nut and then the broken stud. Just wondering, but why'd you decide to go with studs in the first place? How'd you decide on Raceware vs ARP or some other company? I went with RaceWare b/c Turner sold it. Will came to SEMA last year and did a tech session for our chapter. He could have been having fun in Vegas but he took the time to do something for the club. I felt that the least I could do was purchase something from him when the need arose! Plus, he had them on his specials page, how could I resist? :-) I did send Will an email explaining that he may want to re-look at RaceWare to ensure that he's selling a quality product. I don't expect Will to give me a refund (nor did I ask for one), but he doesn't need additional headaches from bad products. I decided to go with studs b/c of the problems with the stock head gasket and felt that someday I might actually take the head off again (to put in Conforti's cam kit or something) and studs are reusable. Plus, the studs are supposed to provide superior clamping force, etc. than the factory stretch bolts helping to prevent head gasket failures like I experienced. In hindsight, I can buy alot of head bolts for what the stud set cost me (plus the trashed head gasket). I still have to figure out where to go from here. Regards, Kirk Lachman Sin City Chapter '95 M3 paperweight