Prop centre bearing.

Need technical Q/A then you're in the right place

Moderator: martauto

User avatar
jamesc
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 158
Joined: Wed Mar 02, 2005 11:00 pm

Post Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:42 am

Hi,

Which one is it on this diagram:

Image

I've already bought the rubber donut thing (number 2) but is the centre bearing a different bit? Which is the right one to replace?

Cheers, James
Image
Top
fuzzy
He who sleeps with "Gingers"
Posts: 14351
Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: melbourne Australia

Post Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:54 am

bits 6+7+9,comes complete and costs about £18+vat
Top
User avatar
jamesc
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 158
Joined: Wed Mar 02, 2005 11:00 pm

Post Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:02 am

Nice one. Off to the shops!
Image
Top
User avatar
stevetigger
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 4659
Joined: Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:00 pm

Post Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:05 am

and 10+11 :mad:
Top
fuzzy
He who sleeps with "Gingers"
Posts: 14351
Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: melbourne Australia

Post Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:19 am

10 + 11 doesnt come with the centre bearing though ,thats the dustcover and circlip that comes seperately ,you should be able to use the old ones :wink:
Top
User avatar
stevetigger
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 4659
Joined: Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:00 pm

Post Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:19 pm

True, I used the old ones! :mad:
Top
fuzzy
He who sleeps with "Gingers"
Posts: 14351
Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: melbourne Australia

Post Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:44 pm

ive replaced 3 centre bearings this year until i got my prop re made and balanced,i used the old dust cover and circlip each time but bought new ones anyway for a grand total of £1.78 from bmw :wink:
Top
stuartgallafant
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 4531
Joined: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Costa del Croydon

Post Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:23 pm

fuzzy wrote:bought new ones anyway for a grand total of £1.78 from bmw
i bet that hurt the wallet!!

who done the prop in the end fuzz?
Image
Top
EOS
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 215
Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Eastwood - Essex

Post Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:20 am

Yeah i need to do this i malleted my old one off the prop, in a im not thinking to straight this morning kind of moment, now its back on the car makes a light jingly noise. Sure its the dust cover :?
Image
Top
Adammcf
E30 Zone Squatter
E30 Zone Squatter
Posts: 1578
Joined: Sun Jan 23, 2005 11:00 pm

Post Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:32 pm

Is it a hard job getting the old one off and the new one on? How does it all hold together?
Top
EOS
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 215
Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Eastwood - Essex

Post Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:17 am

Old one wasn't to hard to get off, once the circlips were off i just proped it up on my ramps so the prop hung free from the bearing then just hit it with a sledge hammer, bearing came off first hit winkeye . No damage the one i replaced it with just slid on afterwards, but i damaged that one getting it off the old prop using a differen't method that didn't work. Will be doing it all again this weekend.
Image
Top
fuzzy
He who sleeps with "Gingers"
Posts: 14351
Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: melbourne Australia

Post Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:59 pm

Propshaft Services in Falkirk ended up making me a new prop stuart,and ive had no problems since :wink:
Top
MadE30mike
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 668
Joined: Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:00 pm
Location: FIFE(Scotland)

Post Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:58 am

What would happen if this bearing was worn will it cause damage?
Top

Return to “E30 Technical Help”