Well, this next post will be deja vu all over again...
I thought Id get creative and put the rear beam in first..without the trailing arms or diff.. I figured it would be easier than putting the whole setup in in one go like I did with the M3.. The tricky part is jacking the beam onto the large bolts - it must be lifted equally on both sides or else it binds... honestly that's the hardest part of the whole operation..
Rear beam in place...
Plates in place - the
proper way...
Nicer than this remember?
Shudder....
These bolts:
that go here:
are splined and the shaft they sit in is splined to. When you put them back in they may spin which would make it pretty impossible to tighten the nuts on them later.. So, grab a hammer and a punch and tap them in, not too hard but fairly firmly.. This will lock them in place, problem avoided!
My bright idea had run into a snag.. it was going to be murder to get that bolt in for the trailing arm with the fuel inlet in the way...
I decided to ignore that voice saying FORGET IT and instead tried and was then completely UNABLE to get the first trailing arm in its slots.. I hadn't anticipated that! CRAP!
So...
*&$&@#!**!!!
Here was the issue:
Solved:
Same issue on the other side! Bloody 'ell!
Aaarg..my bright idea was a waste of time!!
Hmm..maybe I can still do this without the diff in place...
If you do this the
stupid lazy without-help way like Im trying here you will find out pretty quickly that that whole setup will not balance and will fall
off that jack in short order... Not saying THAT happened to me and that I swore like the Frenchman I am but it
could happen to
YOU!
, will definitely be subscribing 
That will happen after the paint job...
