how to remove diff,,,,

[stevetigger]

I had to buy E12 female star today, just to remove them 12 bloody bolts!

[DanThe]

but he is very expensive

Yep, Joe Public pays £350 + VAT for an M3 diff from Nige

[jonbuoy]

I don't know what all the fuss is about????

I started on changing my diff and full suspension at 8:45am one morning and was finished, back on the road with my hand's clean by 1:30pm. It's a peice of piss with the right tool's (And no, i did'nt rush or any bodging )

[Widge]

Yeah but at home it's very easy to get heald up for a ling time if somthing is being stubborn, if you can't get the exhaust or prop off etc, or if someone has fcuked a nut or bolt before you.

[DanThe]

4 3/4 hours

Did you have breakfast and lunch breaks? A quick snooze?

[jonbuoy]

Yeah but at home it's very easy to get heald up for a ling time if somthing is being stubborn, if you can't get the exhaust or prop off etc, or if someone has fcuked a nut or bolt before you.

Not sure about your point there geese?

4 3/4 hours

Did you have breakfast and lunch breaks? A quick snooze?

LOL..............sausage in batter and chip's LOL

[Widge]

MY point is you mat have been lucky that everything came apart easily, and if you had any problems you had the tools to sort it.
Even the easiest job can be difficult on a 15 year old car.

[jonbuoy]

MY point is you mat have been lucky that everything came apart easily, and if you had any problems you had the tools to sort it.
Even the easiest job can be difficult on a 15 year old car.

Fair point, i did have a sod of a job when i changed the rear subframe
Got everything lose and off the car but the subframe would not budge for love nor money
I jumped on it and everything............let the jack down from the diff and the fucker litterally fell out ..................if only i knew that in the first place
Also replacing the handbrake cable can be an arsehole....not the fitting of the handbrake but just the simple part of getting the old one's out

LOL..........it's all good fun

[Widge]

I know those hand brake cables are aweful!

Last time I did a rear sub fram it was easy, but I did do it like this

[jonbuoy]

Did you use the pick up to pull it off?.............i bet that was fun and easy doing it that way

[Widge]

Na, it fell off. Used the pick up to roll it over.

[jonbuoy]

Wicked!!!
It look's like you brutally stripped that motor and got very muddy

[Karan]

takes about 2 hrs to do a diff once uve done a few.... by far the job i like doing least on an e30!!!! its such a pain

did it once in the snow with demlot (hero!!) and it took 5hrs cos we couldnt move our fingers or any limbs!!!! i took a good 2 hrs to defrost

[jonbuoy]

takes about 2 hrs to do a diff once uve done a few.... by far the job i like doing least on an e30!!!! its such a pain

did it once in the snow with demlot (hero!!) and it took 5hrs cos we couldnt move our fingers or any limbs!!!! i took a good 2 hrs to defrost

That's how long it took me the other day (2 hrs that is )
Should have my LSD of Mark (Zaust) soon Gradually getting there.....seat's in and new steering wheel

[jmc330i]

Sorry to resurrect this, but how the hell do you undo the top mount bolts??
Everything else is loose, but I cant get enough leverage on the 2 top bolts to get them undone

What tools or combination of tools do I need to undo the little sh*ts?

[Chris-W]

Soak in penetrating fluid, 19mm ring end spanner with another big spanner hooked on the end for leverage.

[stevetigger]

Or do what I did!

As Chris says but.......I put a foot long scaff bar around the spanner!
Ive got more scaff bars if you want some!

[GmanBimmer]

Hi, guys, Iam going to be doing this job in a couple of weeks and it does surprise me that they make things so difficult. but sometimes the best engineered cars (German) do have some bad points.

Once upon a time......


.....I was under my old Mk1 Cortina removing the axle that hadn't been off for 22 years!!! My mate was stuggling on the other side trying to loosen his u bolts. Mine were not shifting for love' or @%*?

So I used a two foot piece of pipe on the end of the socket bar.
BANG!!!
The nut broke and the force with the extended pipe made a huge swinging action for when I wrapped it round my mates head on the other side of the axle.


He wasn't happy.......Opps!

Make sure you have room to swing the bat!!
Graham

[jmc330i]

Or do what I did!

As Chris says but.......I put a foot long scaff bar around the spanner!
Ive got more scaff bars if you want some!

I had an extension on the spanner, but didnt have room to move. It might of been a little too long I guess, so will try something a little shorter.

Its a right pain cause all the others came undone without much hassle and Ive got another diff to take off as well - Im hoping the second one will be easier

[stevetigger]

Thats why I said a foot!

My scaff bar jobber was about four inches longer than the 19mm spanner but it worked out good!