medium diff e36 flanges

Post Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:58 pm

are they the same as the e30? been looking at the sizes on realoem and seems they are the same, both flanges use many same size parts in both diffs.

Post Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:52 am

Yes and no. The flanges will fit but the retaining spring rings are in a different place so they won't 'snap' into place. You can get around it by washing the internal and external splines in brake cleaner and coating them in a serious threadlock - I only use the Wurth stuff which is £12 a small bottle. This will make removing the flanges again rather difficult so I'd be fitting new oil seals now!
Also, the oil seal guards can foul the diff and require modding/removal.

Post Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:21 pm

Andyboy wrote:Yes and no. The flanges will fit but the retaining spring rings are in a different place so they won't 'snap' into place. You can get around it by washing the internal and external splines in brake cleaner and coating them in a serious threadlock - I only use the Wurth stuff which is £12 a small bottle. This will make removing the flanges again rather difficult so I'd be fitting new oil seals now!
Also, the oil seal guards can foul the diff and require modding/removal.

Thanks for the info mate