AWD E36 BMW

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Double the price here and around the same transit time, I have a really good relationship with this company they bend over backwards to keep me happy..

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Made a start on my axles… BZZZ can’t get one of the CV’s off and they have a LOT of wear in the splines so I probably wouldn’t use them anyway..

Explains some of the driveline harshness in the front, off to collect a couple of Genuine’s from my wrecker mate.

This pair were new but aftermarket and cheap at the time as I didn’t expect it to ever see high speeds.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

And of course the factory axles are smaller od than the aftermarket ones so the tube I bought to sleeve them is too big id, trip to Bendigo to get the right tube that doesn’t exist so plan b, a piece of 30mm bar… Lunch at HJ’s then off to Melton to collect the axles.. nice day for a drive..

Done for the day, let me preface this with I HATE AXLES, dirty greasy pricks of things… I have enough bits to make a good pair, I spent hours stripping the joints and cleaning when I got home.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Lol, you certainly rack up the miles back and forth getting bits for this thing!!

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

That I do, part of the price you pay to live in paradise though so it’s a fair trade!

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That’ll do for today, was going to take a CBF’d day but decided light duties were a better idea.

Measured up properly for the axle length taking plunge into account, while I was doing this I measured up camber at full bump, in the Lexcen due to the crap geometry I was losing 2 degrees, not ideal.

In the BMW I’m seeing 1.5 degrees of camber gain, whhoo and hoo yaay, this in itself should make the car so much better to drive, I prepped up the axles ready for cutting when I’m fresh, they have NVH weights machined into them stock so I had to turn them to size before I can cut and weld them, mistakes aren’t an option at this point.

 

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Had enough for the day, can only stand at the Lathe for so many hours before it starts to hurt..

Got my Axles ready to weld, I V the joint, then after pressing the two halves together I weld the V then machine the weld down and slide the sleeve down over the join then weld each end of the sleeve.

MUCH cheaper doing it this way than having custom axles made, even if I made my own I’d still be paying for the Cutter and it only has one use, ran this setup in the Lexcen for three years without a failure.

 

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Your fab skills are bloody unbelievable mate!!

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Thanks Gary, just me being a tightarse again 

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After thinking about this the last couple of days it came time to weld them up, done just waiting on some stainless cable ties to arrive and I can assemble them.

 

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

[MicksParticipant View build HERE Member since: February 20, 2019 Posts: 1 773]

Very neat IJ

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Thanks Mick, pretty happy how they came out!

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Well that was just too easy, cut 13mm off the rack ends and I have just about full thread engagement with room for adjustments!

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Coming togther nicely

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Thanks, I love it when a plan comes together… 

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Whoo hoo, got some steering lock, even after a LOT of reworking in the Lexcen it wasn’t close to this as it was still going overcentre so I had to put lock stops in..

Ackerman angle looks about right and the big tyres clear everything.

 

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Axles assembled and test fitted, no binding anywhere, was a bit concerned with the extra lock but all good!

Reinstalled the rest of the Cage as I need to build around it, I’ll stick with half days for awhile longer.

 

[sands vsParticipant vs commodore View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 619]

Crazy amount of fab work in this thing.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Yeah I think by the time I’m done there won’t be a stock part left in the entire car..

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Coming along great.  I know you are a non drinker .but must be tempting to crack a beer and just look and say “I built that”!! What a weapon .

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Might take myself out for a good meal when it’s done 

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

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Might take myself out for a good well deserved meal when it’s done

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