e36 steering rack and electric fan info ???

[Robbs]

firstly need to know when doing an e36 rack swap do you use the e30 or e36 universal joint ? as mine is knakered and i need to replace it but im unsure which i need to get ?


also can anyone recomend me a decent electric rad fan to use with m52 swap ??? as tonight i noticed that about 5 bades have snapped off my viscous one grrrrr.



many thanks

[DHFiS]

My uj is a combination of the E30 and E36 ones

[Robbs]

ahhh that makes it a bit more complicated, whch half is which half ??? i pressume top half e30 and bottom half e36 ??? it seems like its the top half thats loose and has play in it.

[DHFiS]

i pressume top half e30 and bottom half e36 ???

Correct

[turk]

Whats actually broken on the fan? the viscous or trhe fan blade? cuz both were A' ok

Kenlowe slim fan are meant to be the ones, slimline front mounted, take the front grill off and measure before buying of course and make sure the temp sensor is the right thread size( M10 for rad and 1/8npt for adaptor) to either fit the rad or the adapter plate thats in the top hose...

Im really confused as to the fan blades as they were perfect and its fairly robust plastic theyre made from!

Fan > U'll need a stat for it tho
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SLIM-LINE-RADIATO ... 5887bc47b3

[Robbs]

i've bought a fan very similar to that one 16'' and front mounted it and just got it wired to a switch, about 5 blades have snapped off on the viscous fan so i've removed it and im gonna replace it so then i got the viscous for normal driving and i can use the electric one when im drifting.

im a little confused as to why you gotta trim the blades down on the viscous as to not hit the vanos solenoid, how come it clears the vanos in the e36 but not when fitted to the e30 ??????