E46 clubsport steering rack conversion (LHD)

[snott]

Im wanting to do a rack conversion, Ive read the wiki article but im having trouble with the numbers.
Does 6 755 067 mean its for a rhd? What numbers do i look for, for a lhd?

[Grrrmachine]

Yes, the 067 rack is RHD only. I just used any old E46 rack when I did mine, and it's a vast improvement over the standard rack.

Beware of using the Wiki guide as a basis for LHD conversions. The article is based on my own LHD swap, but other (American) sites talk about massive butchering of the steering knuckle. I didn't have to do any of that, so I don't know what you'll find when you attempt the job yourself.

[age]

to my knowledge the lhd swap can be done using pipes from another bmw, i'll see if i can dig out the oem part numbers from when i did my one

[snott]

Thanks. I never listen to americans when it comes to european cars, they seem to go caveman on them.

The swap looks fairly easy, just have to change the tie rods and some pipes.

Is this number for a lhd-6 755 064?

[Grrrmachine]

For the pipes I just bent the existing ones. The trick is to bolt the banjo end into the steering knuckle hole, sandwiched between some washers (copper/aluminium). Then with some gentle force and a bit of heat, you can bend the banjo head around until it fits the rack.

[JimM3]

Just bought the following rack for my M3, I'm pretty sure it's the equivalent to the purple tag RHD rack.
675 7 650
7852 974 712
Yellow Tag.
Bought off German ebay. There's a few on there at the moment.
Jim.

[HairyScreech]

For a RHD you can get away with using prefacelift pipes and bending/shortening them due to the location of the fluid ports on the rack, this might stand true for a LHD as well but its worth looking at a picture of a prefacelift LHD rack (old steel body)

Pipes can be reused by heating the banjo connector and melting the silver solder, this can then be pulled off before it cools, the pipe can then be cleaned up, cut and re soldered in a new position.

For bending a brake pipe bender works with a bit of care.