Reply To: Differential & drive shaft rebuild

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Henry Loh
Keymaster

Sweet! Thank you!

I’ve been trying to soak up as much infor as possible reading forum posts and trying to get the shopping list started. Here are a couple threads I’ve found helpful

http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1650106-The-E36-Diff-Thread

http://e30performance.info/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=939

http://buildraceparty.com/diy-tech-how-to-rebuild-a-bmw-e30-differential/

Based on the reading I’ve done, I think I will not do the Porsche 2.1mm dogear (apparently this will increase preload and can shorten the live of the internals). I plan on removing the 4mm spacer to add an extra dog ear and clutch disc to up the lockup.