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Knee transplant on the Red Dragon
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| 03-08-2013, 09:33 PM | #1 |
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Knee transplant on the Red Dragon
Did a full rear end rebuild today with a ton of help from Adam. Crap I dont want to have to do that again :eyecrazy.
Pulled everything out of the rear, replaced all bushings. Got another subframe with fresh OEM bushings, cleaned that up and painted it. Also finally fixed front diff bolt that snapped off at last November MIR drag rental. snapped the bastard in half when the Radowski diff brace also snapped. Same launch brok both engine mounts, tranny mounts, snapped driveshaft in half, ripped the rear diff bushings....basically disconnected the drivetrain from the chassis. Had to drill out the diff to make it all work again. pain in the ass. here are the photos. I washed it yesterday, first time since last November lol.      New parts ready to go in.....Turner lower control arms w sphericals  freaking awesome bmw tool set, thanks Rich! so very cool to use these.  Adams new e90 M3 DCT......awesome car. big things to come with this. He held the record in the 1/4 for a e39 M5 for quite some time. I have no doubt this will be on the same caliber.  Interior  Old rear end  Its out!   broken diff bolt  diff brace   die broken bolt!   I win  the bushing/ball joint tool set made very quick work of the bushings and Rtabs....then we improvised for the diff bushings lol Removal Install   Going back in   Mickey Thompson spray from drag racing  All done!  rear end feels fantastic! every single bushing and ball joint was SHOT.......terrible. One of the subframe bushings ripped in half pulling the old subframe out. now for an alignment!
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| 03-09-2013, 06:41 AM | #3 |
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Nice Matt. Let me know when I can get a test ride this spring or summer.
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| 03-09-2013, 07:59 AM | #5 |
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Glad to see Adam and Matt back in action.
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| 03-11-2013, 08:14 AM | #7 | |
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that looks like a sh*t ton of work...not fun at all is right.
you definitely had the right guy helping you.... Quote:
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rebuilding the front end this week then off for a good alignment
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| 03-11-2013, 11:21 AM | #10 |
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Thanks for sharing those pics! Glad to see that your car is making a full recovery.
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| 03-11-2013, 11:22 AM | #11 |
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Lol Adam told me it was 11 or so hours under the car...ouch. Both of your M3s are
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